New Year, New Projects

Not surprisingly, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and planning the last few weeks about what this new year will look like. I’m excited for the projects I have coming this year, so I thought I would share a little with you guys about what I have in mind.Now, I’ve set some big goals. I’m really hoping things go as planned, but please don’t be too mad at me if things get messed up a little.As most of you know, I’ve been writing a series—the Clara Evans series—for the last few years. My intention for that series, from the beginning, was to have it be a three book series. Since I have released the first two books already, that means I only have one more in that series left to release. As of right now, I’m making really good progress on the draft of the third book, so that’s exciting!Finishing the series I’ve primarily been working on for the last three or four years leaves me asking Now what? quite a bit.I have a lot of ideas for potential characters and stories floating around my head, but I think I’ve narrowed it down some this week.I have at least seven different folders on my computer that represent different projects I’ve worked on in some capacity in the last few years, whether that’s brainstorming, outlining, or writing. So, the big goal for next year on the writing front is to complete some of those projects so I can release them the following year (this process takes time….).Not all of the projects I’ll be working on are full-length novels. I want to do some experimenting with length. Short stories, novellas, novels. I also want to write in more than one genre or style. Contemporary. Romance. Mystery. Christmas. Retellings.Obviously, I won’t hit all of those this year, but I want to try to stretch myself and grow and learn as I write this year.As far as what I’m planning to release next year, my goal is to get more content out for you all to read in 2020. While I do have one full-length novel release tentatively planned for late in the year, I hope to begin releasing a series of novellas in the first half of the year. This novella series is something I’ve been working on for a while, and I’ve really enjoyed writing it.I will be sharing more about the first release in the next few months, so be on the lookout for those posts. I can’t wait to share my work with you!Happy New Year!