Well, after possibly the worst Christmas present ever – which was a 24 hour flu bug that gave me an absolutely miserable day – I’m finally getting around to my end-of-year post.
A friend of mine (L.J. Cohen, author of several YA novels that everyone should be reading) introduced me to the idea of posting writing goals and the like several years back and I’ve come to enjoy this little tradition.
So!
I wasn’t able to get to everything I wanted to do in 2015 writing-wise. I blame this on the re-write of Persona, which took several months more than anticipated. It is, however, finished and I have been shopping it around (another of my 2015 goals).
Tapped was released in January 2015 as my first ever self-published novel. I imagine I could do more marketing-wise for it but I think I’m going to stick to just writing the next book.
What’s next for 2016?
1) Dead Weight – the sequel to Tapped is slated for work to begin starting January 1st. I’m terribly excited for this one and have been aching to get started.
2) Primal – This is a new-adult-paranormal-romance novel that I’ve been kicking around for years. I’ll begin work on it sometime in June, after I’ve completed the draft for Dead Weight.
3) Residual Haunting – Will be completed in 2016. ‘Nuff said.
4) Usurper – Is currently being edited. It may drag into the first two weeks of 2016, but not much further than that.
5) Persona – Is going to go onto Kindle Scout. We’ll see how that goes. And I’ll throw confetti and wave people toward it because … apparently that’s what I’m supposed to do?
I dunno, I’ve never done it before. We’ll have to see.
Beyond the writing …
I hope to enjoy many, many hours with my son, doing odd-ball things and having a blast.
That’s it … that’s my 2016. I hope everyone else had a couple of great holidays and that their new year is spectacular!
AJMaguire 