Happy New Year, folks!

I hope the holidays continue to be a peaceful, fun and inspiring time, besides all the fresh heartache that pervades and dominates every minute of everyday. However, let’s not dwell on that. This year my resolutions are short. On a list of 6 goals for 2020, one my main goals to get at least one half of my many WIPs completed. Half, yes, you read that right. It seems more realistic to set that goal, and to then hopefully push past it. Why only half? Let me get long-winded with you.

Move to Canada

Publish a book, any book!

Pick your writing pseudonym

Start filming on YouTube again

I not only accomplished all of those, somehow, (I’m still in shock!) but I added a little more. I knew my novels wouldn’t be ready in time as I’m too much of a perfectionist, and I’m also in love with world building. I’m focusing heavily on plot right now (I’m a proud plotter) and making sure the stories I’m writing will work well alongside one another. Most importantly, I’m living in new country and still trying to settle down in my neighbourhood. I’ve weirdly sick the entire time too which hasn’t helped at all. Obviously I didn’t predict my health would be an issue, but somehow I managed to get two books published, and set up my author branding accounts almost everywhere. I was a lot more productive during 2019 than I had been in two years and it was a goal crushing achievement. I’ll savour that.

I’m working on a few WIPs right now, most of which are all set in the same world I’ve created, and because of that I know that working one novel will impact how the other novels will function or how they will be read. My main project is a short three part series known simply as The Wormwood Witches. Book 1 has lots of chapters written already, and I’m still working on it. Books 2 and 3 will have the same characters, but also characters from my other standalone novels will feature briefly. Those minor characters will have their own novels and stories to tell, so their brief introduction of sorts in the WW series will be their way of flirting with the reader, enticing them to follow them on another journey. Two of those separate stories also have chapters written, but only one has a fairly decent working title, the other doesn’t so it’s been tricky discussing it with my writer friends. Maybe, coming up with better working titles should a goal for this year?

So far, that’s 5 novel projects with chapters (some edited and others most definitely not) based in our real-world timeline, which is why I’m focusing heavily on working them into the Urban Fantasy genre. HOWEVER, like I said, world building has become a recent challenge and learning opportunity for me. Since I’ve been teaching myself about that creative craft I’ve found myself contemplating a historical recording of the world I’m ve set those 5 WIPs in, making it a fantasy story (potentially!!!)

My other projects are more poetry, more essays, and a couple literary works. So, I’m busy, and thus, I wanted to set up a goal that would be a realistic challenge and that’s what I’m doing. Half.

Continue to have a good week, month and a productive year!

Thanks for reading!