Newsletter: January 2025 Edition
Writer’s Wrapped 2024 and 2025 Goals, Latest Author Interview, and More
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Welcome to the January 2025 Edition of my newsletter and the beginning of a new year. I don’t know about you, but for me, 2024 was a mixed bag. Some amazing things happened, but some terrible things happened as well. My beloved cat and social media star, Berri, passed away in May. Then our family dog, Victory, passed away the week before Christmas. So sad! And don’t get me started on the U.S. presidential election: the saddest thing of all in 2024. That orange felonious sexual-predatory insurrectionist for president? Yuck! We could have had JOY, someone with intelligence and common sense, and our first woman for president. Anyway, onward to the writer newsletter stuff.
As for my writer self, 2024 was a bang-up kick-ass year. So many fantastic things happened, some of which were bucket-list items. Here’s my 2024 in a nutshell.
2024 Writer's Wrapped:
Published my 9th book The Codger and the Sparrow on March 22nd. Paperback from TCU Press and audiobook from Vibrance Press.
Book launch event at BookPeople on March 28th in Austin, Texas hosted by author extraordinaire James Wade (what?!)
Book launch event at Nowhere Bookshop on March 30th in San Antonio, Texas hosted by fiction grandmaster Andrew Porter (what-what?!?!)
Prepped my 10th book Starman After Midnight for March 4, 2025 release (my tenth book? WTF?!)
Finished first draft of my 11th book (OMG!)
52k words into first draft of my 12th book (what’s happening??? I’m on a roll!)
Appeared on live TV (so weird LOL)
Featured author at Boerne Book Fest (awesome)
Featured author at Greater Austin Book Fest (awesome)
Interviewed on the Desideratum Podcast by Theresa Bakken along with the narrator of my audiobook for The Codger and the Sparrow: Brian P. Craig (a special episode)
Interviewed on the Simply Write podcast by Polly Campbell (also special)
