Wow! 2019 was one busy year!

The days seemed to melt faster than snowflakes on a warm, sunny day. But, before we get too far into the new year, let’s take a quick look at last year’s plans and what actually happened. As well as see if there was anything else of interest. Ready?

Goals from last year:

• Releasing Stories Through the Seasons √ Released the book and the audio.
  
• Finishing and publishing Hymns in the Hills √ Released the book.
  
• Teaching writing again √ Had 8 students in January, and 9 in September.
  
• Reading less I did. I read 6 books fewer 🙂 . . . You can see my Year in Books here.
• Hopefully finishing and publishing By Paths Unknown √ Released the book.
  
• Publishing a new Christmas Collection story √√√ Let’s make that 3 of them.
  
• Releasing 3 Audio books √
  
• Camp NaNo √√ Yep, did that twice.
  
• No Elections this year! 😀 (Uh, I had 2 elections to work. Both small and slow.)
• More music specials for church √ I’ve done a few.
  
• Learning more about blogging, website building, and thing of that sort. I sort of forgot about that.
  

Writing:

Add those numbers up for a grand total of: 175,069 which is 35,993 words more than last year! Yay! I was wanting to write more than I did last year.

Other things of interest from 2019:

• I posted another 24 Christmas books in December
• Hosted the Five Fall Favorites blog party in October
• Found out a new niece is expected to arrive around my birthday in 2020
• Wrote and directed two Christmas plays for church
• Shared some “Why I Don’t Write” blog posts Fantasy, Romance, Cozy Mystery, Sc-Fi
• Got to know some younger fellow writers
• And lost a few months worth of days. 😉

 

And now onto 2020.

Goals for this year:

I’m excited for this year and all that it holds. It can be overwhelming when you think of all the confusion and hate going on in the world, but I know Who holds tomorrow. I know I can make plans and set goals, but ultimately it is God who will direct my ways.

• Finish writing “Lawrence and Lenexa”
• Finish writing “Kelsey’s Stories” (title is subject to change)
• Finish writing my secret project
• Get TCR-5 on audio
• Hopefully get a few other stories on audio
• Learn more about blogging, WordPress, and growing my site
• Work on marketing (something I’m not so good at)
• Read at least one non-fiction book a month
• Work 4 elections (It’s going to be a crazy election year!)
• Host Read Another Page’s new Reading Challenge (Come back next week for all the details)
• Do some online tutoring (for writing)
• Write and publish one new Christmas Collection book

And that is just a bit of what I’m hoping to work on this year!

What about you? Did you create any goals for writing, or blogging, or life in general? If so, I’d love to hear. Are you looking forward to what lies ahead in 2020? I hope you are having a wonderful start to the new year and new decade!