2026 Goals
It’s the first day of the year and it still has that bright, shiny new year smell to it. This also means that 2025 has now been relegated to the dustbin of history. You can see my recap in my previous post of the year and how I did compared to my goals. Now we’re looking ahead and let’s just say it’s stacking up to be a busy year for writing and publishing. In fact, yesterday I started formatting First Step for the print version. Let’s take a look at the list of goals, shall we?
Publish First Step
Publish Assignment Day
Write three seasons of The Drop
Publish three more seasons of The Drop
Enter First Step and Assignment Day into at least three contests each
Pretty simple, right? And achievable. I tried to think of a stretch goal but if I achieve all these it’s going to be a full year. I mean, I could try and write four seasons of The Drop instead of three, but I know each book takes about three months to write and then a good month of editing, both developmental as well as copy and line, and multiple passes for proofreading. At least I have story ideas in mind for the series through the next several seasons. Anyway, that last item on the list is to add in something for marketing and advertising. I don’t think I entered any contests in 2025 and I’m too lazy to go back and check. With major new books coming out I’ll need to get them in front of the bookreading public and hopefully win some awards. I’m optimistic for what I can accomplish in 2026 and looking forward to all the joys of writing.