How is it that it’s already May?  My last update was in February…and then March was the month of sheer, utter hell around these parts. The bad sh*t kept happening. So there was little-no writing of any kind. By April I was working two jobs, and working too many hours at them…

Around Mid-April I started to get my ducks in a row finally. Then this week I set about really putting my big girl panties on and getting back down to business.

Through all of the chaos of my home life…I still managed to accomplish some good things like an ebook/print release in March (one sure shining spot), a few book tours that got me a bunch of lovely reviews, and another release coming up in about two weeks. Plus, this week I’ve actually gotten some words on the page again!

So, let’s see where I am in the goals I’d set. I hardly remember what I said, so this is going to be a journey to get through these for me. 🙂

First, my overall goals for the year…

1. I’ve challenged myself to write 600,000 words in 2016. (at 212,324 as of 5/24/16. Running behind, but catching up.)
2. I will build my audience and work harder at promotion. (This is going GREAT. Been talking with my publicist guru and she’s gotten me many new reviews, and given me great ideas on how to build. My sales are slowly starting to be impacting by the efforts.)
3. I will regain my focus. (Struggling here. I lost my mojo–and the practices I’d put in place to keep on track. I’m re-establishing several of them now and trying to get back into the game.)
4. I will face my demon/salvation – the one story I’m afraid of. (Nope, not even a little bit yet)
5. I will decide by July if I will return to Lake Point in 2017. (Still not a clue)
6. I will prep all the things for print. ALL. The. Things. (Tribe is done, I have The Wolf all set, and it’s onto the next. This is going on! I have a LOT of books to get through yet, but I have my print-formatting basis down. Loving it.)

And next is my list of projects. The list seems small without all the Lake Point books of the past on it, but I’m sure it will change and grow over the year. The books in ORANGE are current works-in-progress. The books in BLUE are new to the game.

1. Into a Mirror Darkly (Morgana Chronicles 1) – 100k (~10k done)
2. Switchback (Dominion Falls 6) – 100k
3. Dead Man’s Switch (Dominion Falls 7) – 100k
4. Red Zone (Dominion Falls 5.5) – 40k (~18k done)
5. The Raven (The Tribe #4) – 85k (DONE 5/15/16)
6. The Child (The Tribe #5) – 85k
7. Auld Lang Syne (Lake Point 12.5 ~ Revisiting Old Stories)
8. Untitled Project (Hand Delivered Book 1) ~ 40k
9. Escaping Humanity (Co-authoring w/ Mary Terrani) – 100k (60k done)
10. Masked Hearts – Create new cover and re-release this one last SCP book (Plan to work on this this week)
11. Fall (Hidden Senses #1) ~30k

Clearly this year has been a struggle for me. I’m really determined to make sure the worst has passed. There will be days I don’t write, depending on editing, formatting, and the slew of other tasks I have to complete, but if I stay on target and write some every day, and keep my editing deadlines instead of pushing them back–I could see everything on my lists accomplished.

Now if only I could find those elusive EXTRA hours to add to my day. Any clue where to find those?