The past four years have been really stressful. I’ve had complicated family stuff going on and that’s made it hard to focus on creative projects. The only bandwidth I’ve had was for finishing my degree. I did actually write a few scripts, which was amazing because that’s something that I’ve always wanted to do.

But before, I always finished a novel a year. Even if nothing happened with it, I still wrote something. And in my twenties, I was writing and publishing multiple Web Novels to make some easy money.

And while I’ve had a few ideas, I haven’t felt overwhelmingly drawn to anything enough to finish them. That’s my goal this year. To focus on my writing again, and get back to where I am finishing novels, and start submitting or at the very least sharing my work and trying to crowdfund something.

As the idea of what it means to being a professional author has evolved, the idea of how to get published has also changed. And it’s harder for an author to get a large audience, as a majority of advertising is left up to them and social media.

That’s something else I am going to try to focus on, as well as getting comfortable with sharing my opinions, and not having panic attacks because some asshole named Paul is being rude in the comment section. Sorry to any of the nice Paul’s.

Anyway, that’s my plan for this coming year. To work on a project that I can get an audience passionate about and actually build an audience that cares about my writing…and get more comfortable with sharing my ideas. What’s something you’re hoping to get b