BrandonBits: Obligatory New Year's Post

What a wild year for pretty much everyone it seems. At least all the negativity swirling around did force me to focus on other things and be rather productive. However, I still wasn't nearly as productive as I had anticipated. I had hoped to publish four books this year and have a fifth one nearly finished. Instead, I published one book, am editing another, have nearly finished the rough draft of another, and haven't done much with two that I started last year. Ah well, once the Jesse Boomer trilogy is complete it will open the floodgates of creativity, allowing me to publish a few things in quick succession.

Something I did do that I hadn't planned on was revisiting all my previous books and making them available in paperback form, which was pretty involved when considering how many additional edits I made, so that undertaking can probably be compared to the writing of an entirely new book.

All right, I guess now it's time to set goals for 2018.

Goal 1: Publish five books. Sure, that seems like a tall order, but considering the fact that one book is a few weeks away from completion and another will be done a month after that, I'm quite confident this goal can be met. I'm especially excited to work more on This Dinosaur Future I Dreamed and imagine I'll bang that one out pretty quick because I've wanted to focus on it for quite some time. Plus, it's a project I'm very passionate about.

Goal 2: Become a full-time writer. I do have a day job that isn't too bad, but it's definitely time to move on and pursue my passion. I'm hoping that by around spring time I'll have enough of a following (via Amazon, Patreon—which I really need to upload more content to—, and Ko-fi) to take a chance and devote all my time to writing and other creative projects.

Goal 3: Work on a variety of projects outside of writing, such as art, music, and videography.

Goal 4: Be more social.

Goal 5: Get out more. I'd like to spend more time in coffee shops and traveling around to various places. This sort of coincides with the goal to be a full-time writer because as soon as that happens I won't feel so tied down and will be more apt to go on random trips, actually staying in places while writing about them.

Goal 6: The obligatory eat-healthier-and-exercise-more goal everyone seems to have.