Writing
I had five writing projects I wanted to complete in 2018. Of those I managed to finish one. I published my YA contemporary three part series, All the Things.
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I’m actually not too upset about this being the only project I completed to publication, because I still published three books, and I had more success with them than I have had with any of my other titles. All three books gained number one new release flags on Amazon, and kept them on and off for a couple of weeks. Something did reach number one in Substance Abuse in the Amazon US store, but it didn't sit there long enough for the flag to appear.
I participated in NaNoWriMo again this year and finished drafting part four of All the Things, The Other Side of Me, and I will have more news on that early in 2019.
I was invited to be a part of the Shadows and Spellcraft box set with the first book in the Tate Chronicles, Fall for Me. The set did quite well considering we were not pushing for a list, and the other authors were wonderful to work with. We managed to gain a number one new release flag for this set in the Amazon US store.
There were a number of other projects I started but haven’t completed yet, and these are all at various stages of development. There will be more details as I get closer to finishing them.
I attended two writing festivals: Romancing the Coast in September and West Coast Fiction Festival in November. I had a wonderful time meeting readers, catching up with authors, and talking books.
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Reading
I wanted to read 30 books this year and I managed around half of that. I split this goal into fiction and non-fiction, and I reached my target of five non-fiction books by the end of February. The fiction didn’t come so easily because I’m currently studying, and a lot of my reading time was taken up with uni texts, which I didn’t count towards my goal.
Study
I managed to keep my grade point average high at 6.39 (highest is 7), and I received three high distinctions and one distinction for the four subjects I studied this year. Those were Art and Books, Visual Communication, Art Technology and Culture, and Italian Renaissance Art.
Design
I pushed my design business a little harder this year, and I was lucky enough to be able to work with some wonderful new clients as well as loyal customers. I also started up a Facebook group for my pre-made book covers, and that has been growing steadily. I worked on quite a few projects for my wonderful author friend and boss, Selina Fenech, and you can read her 2018 wrap up HERE.
Into 2019 …
Next year there are four key areas I would like to work on.
• Writing
• Designing
• Uni
• Family time
These are the areas of my life that are most important to me, and I have mapped out my Passion Planner to try and find the balance I haven’t had in previous years. I want to spend more time with my kids, so I need to be organised with the other time I have to get stuff done.
In terms of writing goals, this is what you can expect to see from me in 2019.
• I have three major projects I will be working on. They’re secret squirrel projects at the moment, and there’s no determined time frame, because I’m aiming to make small progress every day with these. But I can tell you I’m really excited about them, and they involve more contemporary, a lot of fantasy, and collaboration with two other amazing authors who I adore.
• I’ll be publishing The Other Side of Me by the end of February 2019. The completed manuscript is currently with my beta readers, and once I get it back and know the extent of edits I’ll set a release date.
• I’ll be releasing a series set for All the Things. This will only contain Katie’s story so it will be the first three books released in both eBook and paperback around February/March.
• A Novel Idea has had a small overhaul. There’s a new cover and a new workbook edition. I’ll be releasing this in eBook and paperback. It’s currently with my wonderful editor, Lauren Clarke, so I’m aiming for some time in March.
• The Tate Chronicles Omnibus still doesn’t have a paperback edition, so I’ll be working on setting that up and releasing around April.
I wish all of you a wonderful festive season, and here’s to making 2019 your best year.
Kim xxx
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