Okay, I guess since this is a blog post, I should attempt to elaborate. 2025 was crazy productive. Guess the Double Time worked? Maybe. Successfully tricking my brain could have been a fluke. I guess we'll see in 2026 when I shoot for the stars without the sneaky brain tricks. Lol.
But I need to focus on 2025 and all that I accomplished before revealing my goals for next year, huh? Yeah. Save all those new goals for another post.
If you'd like to check what my original plan was for this year, take a look at 2025 - Double Time? - I did veer off track, but definitely in a good way! I mention some of the planned changes in Writing Update - June 2025.
Let's see what I actually got done, though...
2025 Publications
❦ Leave No Dragon Stone Unturned (Magic Morsel, 1)
❦ Intricate Agony (Fortunes of Fate, 8)
❦ Hell's Bells (Devil Made Me, 3)
Yes, I published three titles this year - one more than originally planned. Smashed it!
2025 Writing Progress
❦ Revised, edited, and published Leave No Dragon Stone Unturned.
❦ Drafted, revised, edited, and published Intricate Agony.
❦ Drafted, revised, edited, and published Hell's Bells - the drafting was planned, the rest was not!
❦ Drafted and revised Hell Of An Unlife (Devil Made Me, 4) - not planned at all!
❦ Edited Hell Hath No Fury and Hell On Wheels (Devil Made Me, 1 & 2) - mentioned in my June update, and then it took longer than expected.
❦ Downward Spiral (Urban Unicorn, 1) - this draft is now on hold, and I'll be jumping into the next Magic Morsel draft instead come January.
2025 Writing Tasks
❦ Newsletters - 9 sent, as intended, though more new release and cover reveals than planned.
❦ Born To Write - 11 out of 12 months, but that works for me.
❦ Networking & Social Media - Capricon 45 was attended, including the excerpt reading, but I fell flat on my face with the social media.
❦ Marketing & Promo - Did some Facebook Ads, and I also ran Amazon Ads when Dragon Stone was in Kindle Unlimited.
❦ Yes Writing, Screw Cleaning - my house definitely shows I stuck to this goal in 2025 - heh.
2025 Numbers
Yay, I made it to my favorite part of the post! All the numbers!
❦ Words Drafted = 41,635
❦ Words Revised = 78,999
❦ Total Words Drafted & Revised = 120,634 (A good chunk of my 150k For Funsies goal!)
❦ Words Edited = 79,156
❦ Hours Spent Drafting, Revising, & Editing = 272.58
❦ Hours Spent On Cover Art, Formatting, & Publishing = 48.75
❦ Total Hours Spent On Writing & Writing Tasks = 425.25
Wow. I'm stuck on that single word again. My total hours are equitable to 2023 (not 2024 - ha), but I spent more time drafting and revising this year, plus I averaged more words per hour. Just, wow. It feels awesome to have accomplished so much. Here's hoping I keep up the momentum. The end of this year has been kind of meh, but I think I deserve a little downtime. XD
I hope everyone else is happy with their 2025 and looking forward to 2026!
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