Book two has been out for three months now, but sadly, it has not received many ratings and reviews. To help encourage readers to leave reviews/ratings, I've decided to set some goals for 2026. My hope is for When Darkness Blinds to get 16 more ratings and 12 more reviews by the end of the year. Additionally, I hope to see When Shadows Fall get 14 more ratings and 10 more reviews. I tried to keep these goals low enough that achieving them proves feasible, though I will dance and leap for joy...

The first thing, of course, is to release When Darkness Blinds . Most of the work is done, but there are still a handful of small tasks to accomplish, like finishing the Amazon product page, preparing marketing materials, and fixing any errors my proofreaders find. Once book 2 is released, I will turn my attention to book 3. My first goal is to reread my last draft and go over the notes my parents made on it when they beta read (or alpha read, if you prefer) the book last year. While reading,...

This past year was by far my most productive year of writing. I went into it hoping to publish When Darkness Blinds by the end, and while I didn't quite achieve that goal, the heightened focus and push toward writing time meant that I exceeded my previous highest yearly writing time by over a hundred hours! Over the course of the year, I finished revisions for WDB, completed the cover art (a significant portion of which I ended up doing myself!), wrote front and back matter, and edited and...