Writing Diaries: New Stories, New Year, New Writer Crisis
Starting a new romance book is always exciting when you aren't crippled by self doubt.
I’m starting a new story!
I finished the draft of 12 Dates Till Christmas!
These should all be good things. And it is. It’s progress. It’s fun to announce to readers because it means good things— new books. New words. New opportunities.
But that isn’t all there is. I wish it was
I wish I could only be looking forward to the future and not look back at what could’ve been. But that just isn’t what is happening. That isn’t real. A new year isn’t a new life. It is only a turn of the wheel to give people a chance to make a change when they otherwise wouldn’t in June or September or the middle of October, even.
I wish that going into the new year I would’ve been able to sign with an agent that was unabashedly excited to work with me and my books. I wish I’d be in a stable position with my writing, career-wise. I wish I would never have to set foot into a day job again knowing all I was meant to do was write and my readers would help me live the dream I always imagined.
But that isn’t the case yet.
So, it’s a bit more difficult to get into the writing zone so far this new year. It is hard to cast away all the frustrated thoughts and confusion of the fact that I started this publishing journey in 2021 and it is now 2025.
Feels like a long time.
Feels like something hopefully will change soon.
Hopefully. It is always one of my my most used words.
Hopefully.
I also have been trying to think of a new word for the new year. Sometimes the word comes to me easily. Sometimes it is a theme of the first book I read throughout the year, though werewolf romance probably isn’t the best to base a hopeful transition year on.
I came up so far with: engage.
Engage: occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention).
At first, when I came up with the word, I thought engage. Alright, like engagement. Engaging on social media. Engaging more with readers. Engaging more with my writing and the journey of the writing process. But then I also read the definition, and I liked it even more.
To attract.
To occupy.
To involve.
There's still that thought in my head whenever I think about writing that I am never going to write again. I know I can get to (I've done it before), yet I remain unsure if THIS BOOK will be worth it.
I finished the draft of 12 Dates Till Christmas. There's at least 1 book in 2025. Now, I just have to figure out the rest of my pub plans since when I finally do manage to write, just like there are mood readers, I think I'm a mood writer.
But there will be romance. Always.
And hopefully I will always being engaging with you more often soon.
Happy reading. Happy writing. Happy 2025.
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