Here were are with another year almost behind us. Whew, what a ride!
I'll be heading off to Galaxy Con Columbus tomorrow for a long weekend of peopling. My last weekend away until February. Woohoo! I'm looking forward to my hibernating months.
Before we get to this month's IWSG post, we have a few follow up items to attend to.
First up: How did November writing month go? I did manage to get in 52K new words on Siphon, which is now sitting at 71K and probably has another 10-15K to go. I'm enjoying this story and it and a conversation with a friend inspired yet another writing project that I need to get a jump on before mid-January for reasons related to a certain book club meeting. *rubs hands together, grinning madly*
Then let's check in with this year's writing goals:
Publish Nugget the Space Chicken - DONE and a second book in the series! Bonus points!
Publish I9 - DONE!
Finish writing Godmother - Total fail. I haven't even touched it. There go those bonus points. :(
Finish writing Interface (Shaking my head at this one. Poor Interface) - I did a few chapters of this cleaned up and through my local critique group and I sort of know where it needs to go now. But finished? Nope. FAIL
Successfully juggle enough book stock for all those events - It was tight and I did run out of a few different titles at various events but the benefits of having so many titles, I plenty of other books in stock. So will go with win.
Read two books a month - I got close to accomplishing this, but not every month. I did read at least one every month so not a total fail.
Keep working on the overgrown flower garden - I did make continued progress on the flower hill. Much effort is still required but it's looking not so wild out there anymore so I'll call it a win.
And now this month's Insecure Writer's Support Group Question:
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As a writer what is the best gift you've ever received?
Conversations with readers who have enjoyed my books. Followed closely by posted reviews. Personally, I love the conversations, but in terms of helping me sell books, reviews are a wonderful gift to give an author.
What has been your favorite writer gift?
Tune in next month for my 2026 writing goals.
Which means I should start thinking about those. LOL
52K is impressive and you got other stuff done too!
ReplyDeleteThat is the best gift!
ReplyDeleteDo you work a job? Because if you do, I am beyond impressed with what you accomplish every month.
I'm self employed, so yes I work a full time job. Thankfully I have some flexibility with hours so I can take all the time off for book events.
DeleteYou've been very successful, especially given that you work full-time and travel to so many events to sell your books. You're totally focused on your writing career.
ReplyDeleteI love that you start with two solid "Done"s. It's important to see our successes and celebrate them. Way to go!
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ReplyDeleteThe main thing is that you made headway. Of course you had some setbacks but your successes gave you the momentum to keep writing, and that's what is important..
All the best.
Shalom shalom
I hope you've had fun at Galaxy Con in Columbus today! It looks like you had a productive year writing. Well done, Jean!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Jean, on a busy writing year with much accomplished. I'm in awe of your stamina and perseverance as you balance 'real life' with writing conferences and lots of writing projects. And you remind us all to set those goals for 2026. Thank you!
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