2015: Write It Down

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2015: Write It Down

Thanks to all of you who helped to keep me focused and inspired, 2014 was a great year.

I had three basic goals:

1. Publish Emissary, a book I’d worked on for a number of years.

2. Kick my art career out of the nest so that people can see what I’m doing.

3. Write and publish my third short-story anthology, Death Edge 3.

Thinking is fine, but until a goal is written down, it’s like smoke: Gone with the first hard wind.

And who doesn’t experience those sudden gusts that blow away all our plans?

Luckily, my goals were written, so they stood firm and – hallelujah! – they happened. I feel tremendously honored that Emissary is selling well and the Death Edge series has picked up new fans. On the art scene, a total of 19 paintings sold, and two of my watercolors were awarded national publication. “Boys on the Beach” appears in The Artistic Touch 6 and, “Your Turn,” will be published in Splash 16 – Best of Watercolor: Exploring Texture.

Having YOU, my good friends and family, in my cheering section made all the difference. Discovering Chart House Press made publishing not only easier but more exciting. Similarly, being discovered by The Frame Gallery in Bryan Tx, plus Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale Az, painted my year brilliantly sun-kissed and sweet.

For 2015, I’m tackling four goals:

1. Publish Here Lies a Wicked Man, a cozy mystery in my bag of previous writings.

2. Write and publish Paradise Cursed, a paranormal thriller that sits on my back burner.

3. Write and publish Death Edge 4.

4. Move my art career ahead by showing in additional galleries and publications.

That’s a plateful, but you see it written here, so I can’t wimp out.

Now take a moment to write down how your 2015 will look. If goals are written, they can withstand a lot of hard wallops from any ill wind that blows our way.