It’s been a hectic end of December for me. We traveled north to celebrate Christmas with the kids and grand kids, plus see extended family and friends. Busy, busy, busy. As a result, I am way behind on my writing.
But Christmas was wonderful and seeing everyone was just what I needed.
Nothing new has been written for Generation Zee, and while I have a couple ideas for my Substack newsletters, nothing has been written. Yikes! I decided to work on this blog post to Syloquies first, but it’s going to be a short one. And I brought all kinds of notes and paperwork to not only work on the newsletters, but Generation Zee and even my mystery: Secrets in Slacksville. But nothing has gotten done. Boy, did I pack with some rose colored glasses on! LOL!
Anyone who knows me or has worked with me in the past, knows that I go nuts if there are incomplete tasks left to be done at the end of any day. Right now I have this post, which was due 12/24, a Writing Whispers post, also due 12/24, a recipe post for Going Gluten Free – the Good, Bad and sometimes Ugly, due 12/31, and also on 12/31 I wanted to re-read Generation Zee from the beginning because I think I dropped some events and characters that I included earlier and just forgot about – which is the danger when you work on a project for fifteen years. How I thought I would get all of that done during the busiest time of the year. I was definitely wearing some rose colored glasses.
Of course, all these due dates were dates and deadlines I placed on myself. It’s not like I have a boss telling me to get these projects done, but somehow, it feels the same as when I did.
So here’s my end of year wrap up: I got through the messy middle of Generation Zee and am working on the third act. So that is great progress as that middle was very messy to write. And the first two thirds of the book are with my editor, more progress. But I didn’t get the whole book finished, which I really did want to do. So that was a fail (at least in my head). I did create a new Substack newsletter, Going Gluten Free – the Good, Bad and Sometimes Ugly, and have a schedule for posting to it. That has led to me doing more cooking and baking new things, so that is writing progress and personal progress, definitely a win. And while I cancelled my original Writing Whispers, newsletter, I recreated it as a Substack newsletter, which I like much better. And I am not only giving extended writing and personal updates there, but have started serializing another of my novels, Water Earth: Rhia, that I am particularly thrilled about. So all in all, I am going to say that this year has been a plus in my writing world (not saying anything about what else is going on in this world).
So here’s to a wonderful and productive 2026.
