Halfway
We’ve made it halfway through 2024 already. Congratulations. This is usually a good time to take stock of what’s happened compared to the original plans for the year. For ease of reference, here they are, along with my comments:
Publish Next Time - Done! Released on June 11th
Promote Next Time and First - Yeah, been doing the heck out of that and spending lots of money on ads and promos
Do a featured advertising deal with First - Did several with varying degrees of success
Do a new release advertising deal with Next Time - I didn’t do the formal “new release” deal with BookBub, but I did do additional ads and budget for the first month of the release
Finish writing the first book in the new series - About halfway finished, but pivoted to writing the sequel to First. I can likely still finish this book in 2024
Write the second book in the new series - Doubtful, but you never know. The sequel to First is taking the place of this one.
Publish the first book in the new series - Also doubtful. It could happen, but it would be a change in my publishing schedule.
Set a publishing date for Assignment Day - It will see the light in 2025. By the end of this year I should have something concrete in mind.
Get a total of 500 reviews for all the published books across all sites where sold - This’ll be a stretch. I’m currently just below 90 total across Amazon and Apple, but if you add in Goodreads it’s another 50 or so.
Be a guest on at least three podcasts - I’m scheduled for an interview in a couple of weeks. I’ll have to work on the other two.
Not bad so far, but more work to do. Onward and upward!