The end of the year is upon us, and so it's time for the obligatory navel-gazing. This time, it comes with something of an announcement. 2015 was a big year for me. Probably the biggest ever, in terms of my writing career: Darkhaven came out as an ebook at the beginning of July and officially made me a Big Five published author.

You can only be a debut novelist once, so I put a lot into that launch: release party, blog tour, reviewer spreadsheet, the works. And while the results may ha...