It’s so weird to think that another year has come and gone. I accomplished a lot this past year, yet it’s all kind of a blur at the same time. I started taking author requests for book reviews, I started having guests on my blog, and I started a newsletter!
Let’s recap what happened this year…
January
-I edited George Florence
-I edited Take Over
-Most popular post: January/February 2016 Writing Contests
February
-I wrote and researched George Florence some more
-I wrote some Short Story Sundays in bulk
-I started a new blog about video games, Double Jump with Kris
-Most popular post: February/March 2016 Writing Contests
March
-I edited George Florence some more
-I outlined The Lost Girl and prepped for Camp NaNo
-Most popular post: March/April 2016 Writing Contests
April
-It was Camp NaNo and I wrote The Lost Girl (I wrote about 50,000 words)
-Most popular post: World Building: Build a World You Love (Part Four) (a guest post written by Nthato)
May
-I went back to editing George Florence
-Most popular post: Work is Hard
June
-It was Mystery Month
-I edited George Florence for the first half of the month
-I edited The Lost Girl the second half of the month
-I attempted to do a 24-hour read-a-thon, which didn’t go as well as I had planned
-I outlined and prepped for Camp NaNo
-Most popular post: How To Plan a Crime When Writing a Mystery Novel
July
-I wrote 50,000 words of Hunter, the novel you guys voted for me to write for Camp NaNo
-I attempted to edit George Florence a little bit too, but I don’t think I did
-I read two books a week
-Most popular post: July/August 2016 Writing Contests
August
-I edited both George Florence and The Lost Girl
-I read two books a week
-Most popular post: 5 Techniques to Edit a Novel
September
-I finished writing The Lost Girl (I never finished the full story during Camp NaNo… and yes, I started editing before the story was over)
-Most popular post: 5 Quotes by Mark Twain
October
-I wrote The Lost Girl
-I wrote and edited two short stories for two contests
-I prepped for NaNo
-Most popular post: October/November 2016 Writing Contests
November
-I wrote 50,000 words in Short Story Sundays for 2017 for NaNo
-Most popular post: November/December 2016 Writing Contests
December
-I barely wrote, just prepped and planned for the new year with writing and blogging
-Most popular post: December/January 2016/2017 Writing Contests
I did a lot of editing this year… but George Florence is still not ready. I’ve been trying to figure out the series instead of looking at each individual novel. Sounds complicated, I know, but I have my reasons for doing it that way.
I’m sure 2017 will be great, if not better!
Happy New Year, everyone!
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That’s great to read about all the work you’ve done this year. I hope 2017 goes even better for you.
Thank you, me too! I wish you all the best in the new year. 🙂
Happy New Year!
I wish you many more successes next year, although I think that was already quite impressive 😀
Thank you! 🙂
Happy New Year to you and good luck. I hope it’s a great one for us all.
Congrats on all you’ve accomplished this year! Here’s to your continued success in the new year! I hope you’re feeling somewhat better from your head cold, too. Have a great weekend and Happy New Year!
Thank you and thank you! I wish you all the best in the new year. 🙂
Here’s to hoping 2017 is even better. Now to make the most of the last day of 2016. 😉
“Make the most” meaning getting all my blog stuff done that I wasn’t able to do this week because I was sick… Lol.
Do you have any New Year’s Eve plans?
Ah, that sounds like a good plan! Nothing special. Try to get over my headache and then get some stuff done. 🙂
Ah, I hope your headache goes away soon!
Thanks. I’m not going to let it stop me from enjoying today.
Sounds good!
It’s always good to feel like you’ve made progress in the year. Looking back I feel like I’ve come so far that the me from this time last year is unrecognisable, yet somehow it seems like nothing has changed.
I know what you mean. I didn’t get anything truly accomplished, but I worked hard and am one step closer to a lot.
I’m glad you had a great year, and I wish you well in 2017. 🙂
Give yourself a congratulatory pat on the back, young lady, and a hug from me.
Thank you! It was a good year. 🙂
Blimey that was SO much editing! you were on fire this year 😀 well done Rachel, I am continually in awe of you 😀
It was a busy year! But I’m pretty sure you got way more done than me. 😉