A year in review

In just a few days, 2015 will come to a close. It’s weird to think the year is already over, especially when it feels like it just began.

2015 was a strange year; it feels like a great deal of it was spent waiting, without a lot of things happening. I know that’s not true, of course, because in mid-July I started keeping a list of all the things I was accomplishing. I’ll be starting a new page for 2016, but here are a few favorite achievements from 2015.

In 2015, I…

Moved my blog to my website here
Sent query letters for the first time
Finished writing Serpent’s Wake
Wrote, edited and published Gale’s Gift
Wrote, edited and published Born of the Moon
Read 12 books
Did beta-reading for a friend
Wrote several short stories and writing prompts
Drew the cover for Crossroads of Frozen Eternity
Made a miniature couch for my dolls
Helped my husband start developing his own website
Added the art gallery and drew several new pieces for it
Sold my handcrafted jewelry at a craft fair
Sewed several Halloween costume commissions
Tried my hand at doll sculpting
Filmed a handful of videos to share online in the future
Created a calendar for Ithilear
Repainted my craft room
Completed 14 home improvement projects
Started outlining Serpent’s Blood
Celebrated a special 3-year-old’s birthday

…and that’s all I can think of right now, though I’m sure there are a lot more things I accomplished.

I didn’t do everything I wanted to do this year, but it’s not a bad list, and I already have a nice list of intentions for 2016. I’m not waiting until the new year to get started on them, but I am going to wait until 2016 to tell you what my goals for the new year are.

Tell you all about them in a week!