I admit, my goals this year were crazy lofty, and I’m not quite as far this early in the year as I was last year. Part of that is because of what I’m working on, and part is because this month is the first month in 7 months that I have not had a book released. It’s been a crazy time in my life, and I know I don’t really have a breather, because another will release in May, and then July, then September, October and December. With any luck I’ll have at least 3 more releases this year.

That being said, I’ve made a bit of progress since I announced my goals, and added on some more tasks for myself–including revamping a series while working on further books in it.

I have yet to make a decision on what will become of Lake Point in 2016, I have to see how the year pans out and if my muse decides to fill in some blanks on who/what the subjects would be.

With all that being said – onto my crazy goals and where I stand with them!

First, the overall goals to set the tone for the year…

1. I’ve challenged myself to write 600,000 words in 2015. (128k in as of 4/1/15)
2. I will build my audience and work harder at promotion – including tours for my three series during the year. (Doing good here. I am currently working w/ a PR company and have gotten involved in FB parties. Finding more fans)
3. I will regain my focus. (Eh, not so good here. Trying really hard)
4. I will detail at least one of the new series I have listed to play with. (Nope, not a lick yet. Want to finish my 2015 Lake Point books first)
5. I will decide by July if I’ll continue in Lake Point through 2016. (Yikes, didn’t remember that July deadline. Guess I better get to work and figure that out!)

And next is my list of projects. The books in ORANGE are current works-in-progress. Books in RED are completed. Books in BLUE are new adds!

1. Free Falling (Holidays in Lake Point 10) – 30k (done 2/28)
2. Love for Hire (Holidays in Lake Point 11) – 30k (done 3/31)
3. Haunted Hearts (Holidays in Lake Point 12) – 30k (100 words)
4. Mistletoe Mixup (Holidays in Lake Point 13) – 30k
5. Into a Mirror Darkly (Morgana Chronicles 1) – 100k (~10k done)
6. Natural Selection – 40k (28,742 done)
7. Switchback (Dominion Falls 6) – 100k
8. Dead Man’s Switch (Dominion Falls 7) – 100k
9. The Virgin Madam (Dominion Falls 5.5) – 20k (This one is possible, but not definite)
10. The Raven (The Tribe #4) – 85k
11. The Child (The Tribe #5) – 85k
12. Escaping Humanity (Co-authoring w/ Mary Terrani) – 80k (54k done)
13. Changing Tracks (revamping/updating) – 100k
14. Derailed (revamping/updating) – 100k
15. Dark Territory (revamping/updating) – 100k

I’ve been slacking a lot, hoping that once that Lake Point books are done I’ll really get some motion w/ the help of the bigger books I have got to work on this year.  I hope to have the first three books in the Tribe series released by summer or fall, and would love to have 4 ready to head to my editor when she’s done with those. I’m also hoping that Mary and I can finish EH this year and figure out what’s next. The addition of the revamping of my first three Dominion Falls series is new, but I plan to squeeze those in as they’ll go faster than a full on writing session.  I have two other series that I’ve been contemplating in the back of my mind, and several other items on the backburner.  It’s a matter of making choices this year, and I have a LOT of them to make.

Plus, I have to admit, fear is holding me back from one book. I’m afraid to dive back into it, afraid of what it could be, or how I could fail it. I will get over those fears and complete it.  Still, I think it’s making me go slower because I know the sooner I finish these Lake Point books, the closer I get to tackling the book that feels like THE ONE.