2024 Writing & Publishing Plans

Old and new projects and hopeful timelines

Alright, we all know it's a new year which inevitably comes with new goals for most of us. Usually, I'm against New Year's resolutions (too many gone awry in the past), but I do find that it offers the perfect excuse to revisit my author business plan, project timelines, what projects I thought I'd be working on vs what I'm actually spending time on, etc.

You get the picture.

(see picture of Venellope below as actual picture tribute.)

So, now that 2024 is here, what is in store for my writing this year?

Current Projects:

*Brief mention of pregnancy & morning sickness

Last year, not for the first time, I found myself struggling to find not only the motivation to write but also the creative energy needed to make any kind of progress in Blood Wolf #3. This was due to a few things, but mostly it was getting my physical health back after months of terrible morning sickness (yay pregnancy fun!).

Wait, does that mean you're not working on the last book of The Blood Wolf Trilogy? Thankfully, no it does not mean that!

What I discovered was that even if I felt stuck on Jade and Darren's story I did have inspiration and enough energy to begin plotting my next series, which has now given me not one, but two books I'm attempting to write this year!

1. Blood Wolf #3 (title reveal coming in a couple of months)

2. A dark(ish) Cinderella Retelling with a paranormal twist

I know working on multiple projects when I was struggling to work on one may seem counterproductive, but so far I have found it to be the exact opposite. Not only am I writing more often in general, but my word count for those writing sessions has gone up as well. By having two very different kinds of books I'm working on I'm basically guaranteed to have inspiration or a plan in place for at least one of them, therefore, upping my productivity overall.

Timelines...what are those?

To be honest, with the baby coming early this year I am trying not to give myself too firm of deadlines for any of my projects knowing that life and writing as I currently know it is going to drastically change. That being said, I still find it helpful to have a timeframe to shoot toward and will adjust as needed as I find a new routine.

I would love to have the last book of Blood Wolf published in the fall of 2024, but I already know it's going to be a longer book (similar to Blood Trials), which means not only is it going to take longer to write but to edit as well so it may end up being closer to the end of 2024 before it's ready.

The Cinderella Retelling on the other hand seems like it might be shorter which means I'll likely finish it before Blood Wolf #3. If that ends up being the case I'll have to decide if I'm going to go ahead and publish it once it is ready or wait to publish after The Blood Wolf Trilogy has been completed.

Let me know if you think I should wait or not in the poll or comments below!