Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix

Before setting new goals, it’s important to look back at accomplishments and take a moment to celebrate them. I didn’t do everything I wanted to do in 2025, but I held on to my publishing streak (thirteen years running!) and restored the balance in my writing life that I’d vowed to focus on this time last year.

In that post from what feels like a lifetime ago, I wrote about the fact that I’d spent a year focused on my cozy mystery series and I needed space to imagin...