2013 Year in Review

I hear it from my friends. I hear it from my kids. “Where did the year go?”

Crazy to think we’re at the end of 2013. I thought this year would go slowly. After all, we had no major events planned. No weddings. No graduations. No big trips.

Instead, I started jogging through 2013 at a nice pace, only to find myself careening down the hill in December like the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride. Bouncing head-over-heels in an uncontrollable free-fall. So many things to accomplish. Not feeling as if I’m ever getting anything done.

But I have.

I’ve written 12 humor blogs for www.thechristianpulse.com. I’ve written at least 20 new reviews for Thriving Family magazine, sold 2 pieces to Vista and completed Where Shadows Lie, the second in my young adult trilogy. I’ve also gotten 3/4 of the way through 2 new manuscripts, attended 2 conferences and taken 2 on-line classes in web page design. But publishing Woman of Flames is definitely my biggest professional accomplishment. Looking back, it’s been a pretty eventful year.

Here’s hoping 2014 will bring even bigger achievements. I start marketing Woman of Flames in the new year with a book signing at the Sump Memorial Library (January 11, 2-4!)  I’ll be approaching several book stores in the area to arrange signings in their facilities as well. I’m hoping to head back to my native East Coast to do signings and/or performances in churches and stores in the spring. All this, as I continue to write my humor blogs, reviews, finish my 2 new stories and hopefully, self-publish another manuscript.

Those are my professional goals this year. How about you? I’d love to hear your 2013 achievements and your 2014 goals!