With everything that affects us - including our jobs, hobbies, chores, family life, social life, and a lot of impromptu things - it's sometimes hard to achieve a balance where things falls into place and we're fully satisfied with the time we have left behind us. Even so, we try, for Art (be it writing, music, painting, or any other form of Art) is the most important food for the soul.

I published no books this year, which makes me feel a little strange (given that I published 3 books in the span of 12 months in 2023 and 2024), but I am in no way sad or dissatisfied. I've written, revised, and edited a lot of stuff in my backlog, and I'm excited to enter a new year with that in mind, hoping that people will appreciate my new work once it gets out there.

There's currently a lot of anxiety, depression, and dissatisfaction in the world, but I hope that you find your balance and enter 2026 with some positivity and determination to achieve your dreams.

I wish you all the very best,


K. R. Shepard