If you ask any writer (or artist [or human being]), they’ll say that 2017 was a rough year. Full of distractions and worry and dread. Yet despite all of that, we kept on keeping on. I’m not exception – while I wasted countless hours on what-ifs and not sleeping, the work still had to be done. And it got done.

But man, am I exhausted. Hopefully 2018 will be a little less emotionally draining.

But 2017 wasn’t all bad. Personally, it was pretty great. My highlights:

– Wrote the first draft of Book One

– Wrote the second draft of Book One

– Revised Book One

– Sent Book One out to betas

– Revised Book One based on beta feedback

– Sent Book One to my editor

– Revised Book One based on my editor’s feedback

– Turned in Book One (