2024 wound up being a crazy year. And 2025 is looking to be even crazier!

Here are some of the highlights of 2024:

My debut novel, Aiko’s Dive, released on August 6th.In August and September, Aiko’s Dive sold over 50 copies! The royalties for those 50 books came out to around $40. I plan on donating the entire amount to my local shelter, as mentioned in this post.Aiko’s Dive was featured on a release list! This one. I check out this list every month, so it’s an honor to finally be included.Aiko’s Dive was entered to be considered for the Nebula Awards! I don’t expect to get nominated, or win, but being included is awesome!I met a ton of fellow Writers and Authors! Some of them even live in my area! And through them, I’m learning about local book fairs and author events!

Overall, I’m really happy about how 2024 turned out. But all of this is just the beginning of some really cool stuff happening next year.

Here are a few things to look forward to in 2025:

I’m going to be at the Texas Author and Reader Con! I’ve officially booked a table for the event, which takes place July 19th and 20th at the Irving Convention Center in Dallas, TX. So, if you’ll be in the area, feel free to stop by and say hi!I’m sending the Aiko’s Dive sequel to my publisher! As of right now, the sequel to Aiko’s Dive is complete. Once I get it back from beta readers, I plan on sending it over to Vulpine Press. And with any luck, it will come out later this year!I’m working with my publisher on a new sci-fi trilogy! Vulpine Press has read the first book and really likes it. Hopefully, that means the first book in the series will release this year, as well! Fingers crossed!I’m going to start offering signed author copies of Aiko’s Dive! I’ve been working on this a while, but I plan on selling Author Copy Bundles in 2025. If TikTok doesn’t go away, I’m thinking of setting up a TikTok shop. Otherwise, I’ll offer them here, directly on my website. Stay tuned!I plan to send out monthly update posts on my blog! Since I have a lot more news to share, I plan to consistently update my website in 2025. That means a monthly blog post as well as new pages!

I’m really excited about everything that’s going on. And I’m even more excited that I can share all of it with you. Thank you for sticking with me so far. I wouldn’t have gotten this far without all of your support!

One final thing: as we head into 2025, what kinds of content and updates would you like to see from me? Let me know!