{"id":21073,"date":"2025-12-28T20:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=21073"},"modified":"2025-12-28T20:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:23:16","slug":"happy-new-years-openbook-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=21073","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Years! #OpenBook Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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December 29, 2025<\/p>\n

Happy New Year! Set a goal for yourself and let’s track it through 2026 to see how it’s going.<\/h3>\n

I’ve said this before – I don’t do New Year’s resolutions.<\/h4>\n

But I actually have a resolution that has nothing to do with the New Year. I made it when the anthology I took part in was published. (Defending the Moonlight.) I had interrupted writing the second book in the Edwards Investigations series to work on my entry for for the anthology. I really want to get that book completed. And I want to get it done before the start of the book-selling season.<\/p>\n

That gives me six months. I’m currently at just over 22,000 words. Getting the first draft done shouldn’t be a problem, God willing and the creeks don’t rise. (We’ve had over 2 feet of snow, freezing rain that accumulated over 1\/4 inch of ice, and about 1\/2 inch of rain in the past week and a half. My sump pump is hard at work. Another storm is predicted to descend on us on Monday.) With this weather, I should have plenty of time to write.<\/p>\n

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The time crunch is people to critique.<\/h4>\n

And edit. And format for publication. And for the various companies to push publish. I can’t control those. Not as much as I’d like.<\/p>\n

But I can control figuring out the story. I keep finding bodies to add to the carnage, new parts of the puzzle, and now the pieces are starting to make sense. I’ve already written a chapter that I thought was the first one and now realize belongs closer to the end. I’m not adding those several thousand words in my word count.<\/p>\n

So, that’s my goal. Get this book written and as far along in the process as I can get. Yes, my personal goal is to get the book into print by the middle of June, but I won’t count it against myself if that doesn’t happen. I will be unhappy if I don’t have the first draft finished. I’ll keep you updated.<\/p>\n

What about the other authors who join the hop this week? What goals do they have? Find out by following the links below.<\/p>\n

As always, please stay safe until the next time.<\/p>\n

December 29, 2025<\/p>\n

Happy New Year! Set a goal for yourself and let’s track it through 2026 to see how it’s going.<\/p>\n

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