Onward.

Photo by Anna Vi on Unsplash.

I meant to post on 1st January to see in the  new year and put out all kinds of positive  messages about what I'm going to do in 2021, but, instead of writing about doing it, I decided to just DO IT. So I've been working hard towards my most important goals. 

I came a long way with my novel in 2020, wrote a fair bit of poetry and finished some children's books. Still, at the end of the year I still felt that I hadn't come quite far enough. This all comes down to my impatient nature. It's all well and good making progress, but I know I'll feel much better when I actually have some work released. That's what 2021 will be about for me.

The year has started on a high note, as a poetry anthology has been released which includes my poem, 'First Autumn' along with a lot of beautiful work by others. It's available in paperback and Kindle format and you can buy it here.

So, what else can you expect from me this year? 

You may have already noticed that I'm posting weekly flash fiction here on my website about the world in my novel. There won't be any spoilers in any of these pieces. You can find them in the right hand column of the page. I hope you enjoy them. While I'm posting these, I will also be working towards finishing my novel. In the next couple of months, I aim to have it out for its final beta read. Then, I'll be submitting it to agents and/or publishers. Once this is done, I'll continue with my first draft of book two.

Look out for a new website I'll be launching within the next month. That space will be dedicated to my children's work. I'll publicise it here, then I'll be keeping the two separate, reserving this space for adult's fantasy (and maybe a little bit of sci-fi), poetry and, of course, this blog. On the subject of children's books, I aim to have a collection of them submitted to agents by April at the latest.

I am also working towards a poetry collection called 'Spectrum of the Soul', and I aim to finish it this year.

Alongside these larger projects, I'll be submitting short pieces of work (poems/short stories/ flash fiction/ articles) to various publications throughout the year, keeping my fingers firmly crossed that some will be published.

It's a long list, a really tall order, but I'm going to try my best to make it work so that I can finish 2021 on a high note. I want to be able to look back on the year and have tangible evidence of what I've achieved. (Physical copies of my books would be great.)

I wish you all the best this year. I hope that we can all smash our goals.

V.