New Year, New Direction

So I thought I’d take some time to give you all a writing update. First off, I’m hard at work on my next story and with luck it’ll be out before the end of the month. At least that’s the goal right now.

Second off, I’m slightly changing directions somewhat. I really enjoyed writing the two Christmas stories I put out in December. I was ambitious and actually had four stories planned. But by the time I finished The Gift of Holly, I realized there was no way I was going to get two more stories out and get ready for Christmas at the same time. Especially since I’d done nothing, and I mean nothing, to get ready for the holidays. But, as of now, I still plan on writing those other two stories and releasing them for the 2021 Christmas season.

As I warned in a previous post (if you’ve been following along) they were not my usual steamy stuff. Originally, I meant for them to be, but they turned out the way they turned out. Not only did I have a great time writing them, but I was in shock when Her Secret Santa took off and sold like crazy. Seriously, I didn’t expect that at all. I just wrote the type of Christmas stories I’d want to read.

So I’ve decided to stay with the romance. I consider my first three stories more erotic than romantic, at least in my mind they are, even though they ended with a HEA. Don’t worry though, I plan on writing steamy romances, because I don’t know about you, but I like my steam. So that’s the direction my fiction is going in right now.

Also, I plan on paying more attention to this site and blog and posting a little more often than I have in the past. Although, I won’t guarantee that this will happen, but I’m going to try my best because I enjoy it.

This entire process has been a ‘learning by doing’ experience. No matter how much I tried to learn before I started, I’ve found that actually doing it is a different thing all its own. So for anyone out there that ever thought about writing and self-publishing and hasn’t yet done so, you just have to make the big giant scary leap and do it. It turns out not to be so scary after all.

Other things

Also, for all of those who have been following along, I have been trying to become a planner with my life in general. It took a few days (well, okay, maybe several) after the first of the year to get in full swing of things. But I’m now armed with to-do lists and trying different methods till I find something that works for me. Right now, it’s with pen and paper. I may incorporate something digital later on. Maybe I’ll write a post about this once I find my footing with it. I realized that if I’m going to keep writing and publishing my stories, even if it is just for fun, I’m going to have to manage my time much better than before.

I’m also becoming a planner in terms of how I approach my writing. I’m following an outline system at the moment for my current work in progress. So far it’s been working out for me. I feel more like I’m brainstorming ideas than outlining a story, and that has been fun. If it works, that too might be the subject of a future post.

A Big Thank You

Last but certainly not least, I want to give a big thank you to all of you that have read my stories. I hope that you have enjoyed reading my them as much as I've enjoyed writing them.

That's all can think of for now. So stay tuned, more stuff will be coming your way soon.