2015 is nearly over. What a long, winding, frustrating, and beautiful year.
The year began with everyone under so much stress, but it ends with the family in good health and spirits. We added to our family with Pixie. She's my sweetie pie and her affections have alleviated a lot of stress I deal with the last eleven months.
Finishing off the year, I was blessed with a rather successful Bookbub promo this month. Damaged and the Beast reached #11 in Amazon free. Nice to know my first romance still has a little life left.
After the promo, I received an amazing and heartfelt message from a reader who enjoyed Beast and Knight. I felt like a million bucks knowing my writing touched her in such a personal way. Real life can be ugly and harsh, yet also beautiful and redemptive. I love knowing readers can find both the light and dark in my writing.
I'm looking forward to starting fresh in 2016. I have ten projects planned. I doubt I'll get most completed, but better to aim high, right? I'm planning to create a new pen name for a few romance books that I want to write, but that won’t fit the Bijou brand. I'm unsure if I want to go with a name that has a 1970's vibe like Shawna or maybe use my brother Freckles’ nickname MJ. I guess I'll wait to pick a name once I have the book written. Also next year I have audio books in the works, and I'm finally putting together box sets for my three series.
December is my favorite time of the year. The holidays. The decorations. The nostalgia of looking back at the last 12 months. Looking at mistakes made and goals reached. Planning for new adventures and challenges. Most of all, I love cuddling with my kids and enjoying all my blessings.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
