Hi all,
As with last year, I’m going to give you the run down of 2021! Some goals I hit, while others I didn’t get anywhere near. My mental health has suffered a lot this past year and I’m hoping that 2022 will be better for me.
Write three books.
If I manage to finish Street Rats by the end of the year, I would have written five! The ones that I have written are:
Curse of Anubis #2: Limbo.
Curse of Anubis #3: Middle.
Curse of Anubis #4: Dual.
Street Rats.
Original Elementals #1: Frostbite.
Plan nine more Elemental Dragons books.
I’ve managed to plot out all of the books in the series, and I’ve written the first book! In a few weeks time I will start writing Elemental Dragons #2: Marine and I’m hoping to get it finished before April 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo.
Publish two books.
As promised, Elemental Dragons #4: Cinder and Fire was published in April and Mute was published in October.
Create and publish the Elemental Dragons boxset.
This was published in July, and I didn’t realise how tricky it was going to be! Combining four books into one took a lot of work and formatting to make sure everything was in the right place.
Get two covers designed.
Both Mute and Years got their covers designed. The cover for Years will be revealed in a few weeks. I also got a cover designed for Mute’s prequel, Famished.
Edit three books.
I only edited one book, Years. As I said before my mental health has been pretty low, especially towards the end of the year. And getting Years back from my editor took several blows out of my self-esteem, to the point where I still haven’t gone back through all of the edits now. It will be ready by April, but for a few weeks I wondered if continuing to publish books was the right thing.
Hire a sensitivity reader.
As I have only just started editing Celestial Plague #1: Nirvana myself, I haven’t had the chance to look through sensitivity readers. I’m hoping to get this done next year.
Write more short stories.
I have written a lot more short stories this year, one of which has been accepted into an anthology! This should be released next year, and I’ll keep you posted.
Write Curse of Anubis short story/novella.
I tried writing a few ideas I had but none of them seemed right so I’ve scrapped them. For now I’m focusing on the reader magnet for Years.
Read 30 books.
I’m not entirely sure how I did it, but I read 200 books! Due to the way I was feeling I dove into books to escape a lot more than I have in previous years. Hopefully I can continue to read more next year!
Participate in both Camp NaNoWriMo and NaNoWriMo.
I joined both the April and July Camp NaNoWriMos and NaNoWriMo. I managed to get the first drafts finished for:
Curse of Anubis #3: Middle.
Curse of Anubis #4: Dual.
Original Elementals #1: Frostbite.
That’s it for this week! Next week I’ll talk about my goals for 2022! See you then.
