Plans/ Resolution Check-In

We are about a month and a half into 2026. Where are you at in your plans for this year? As for me, I have one thing checked off. I finally bought myself a new laptop. I plan to share more details soon. As for the rest of my 2026 plans. They are coming along as follows.

• Marketing: I have improved my marketing and posting system but it definitely needs some more improvement. Things seem to be falling into place on their own more and I've definitely learned some things over the last few weeks.

• Publishing Cycle: The changes I've made have helped a lot. The process feels far more doable and less overwhelming. I will continue to make improvements as I go.

• Publish Shadows: Red Planet and 1 other book as well as finish Stories Have Power: I have decided to only publish one book this year unless I make enough progress on another book. I feel that this is far more manageable. This bullet point should be checked off by the end of this month as Shadows: Red Planet is coming out February 27th! I do still plan on finishing my posts for the Stories Have Power series once book 2 of the Shadows series is published.

• Become more comfortable being vulnerable: I feel like a kid putting my toe in the water at the pool to test the water. It's very hard to be open and vulnerable online when there are people out there who can be very rude and very mean. However, I don't want to let that stop me from being genuine. That being said, I feel that while I've grown a tiny bit in this area, I still have a long way to go.

This way of going about New Years Resolutions feels far more doable than anything I've done in the past. If you haven't already, go ahead and make your own plans for 2026. There's still plenty of time!