Over the holidays, I had the chance to spend quality time with my family. We played games, put together puzzles, baked, cooked, watched movies, read, hiked, and so much more. It was lovely and it felt like the perfect refresh to a busy year.
2025 is looking like another busy year, and I’m here for it completely. My debut novel, The Very Good Best Friend, will be published around April and later in the year I’ll likely get to work more on my second poetry collection that will be published next year. It’s an exciting time, one filled with words and stories.
I’ve also been spending more time reading, which is the absolute best. I’m back into digital books and that has been wonderful as well. Libby, the app through the library, is fantastic and has encouraged me to read in genres I haven’t spent too much time in, like romance or non-fiction. I like it!
As I start to plan the next few months, I’m both excited and nervous for my novel to publish. It will no doubt be thrilling to see a physical copy, but it’s also nervewracking to share something I’ve created. The book is available for pre-order now.
My next project brings me back to a domestic space during a catasrophic, yet mysterious, weather event. It’s a story that started off as a novella, but over the last half of 2024, I developed into a first draft of a novel. It’s a rough first draft, but it’s a start. I’m looking forward to working on the second draft and third and so on and so on.
Writing is labour intensive and it’s reward to mainly personal at this point, but telling a story, sharing an idea, exploring a feeling, it’s how I enjoy spending my time.
