First here is a list of the goals I'd set for 2023.
Professional:
Release 2 Hawke books- Bear Stalker is written, will write #11 Damning Firefly
Release 2 Spotted Pony Casino Books = The Squeeze and The Pinch
Hawke ebook box set of books 7-9
Spotted Pony Casino box set of books 1-3
Get caught up on the Hawke large print books
Catch up on the Shandra Higheagle audiobooks.
working on promoting my audiobooks.
Personal:
Continue walking 5 days a week
Watch my carb and fat intake
Travel
Keep up my personal blog
Do more horseback riding
Here is where I am at:
Professional:
I released Bear Stalker and will release Damning Firefly on September 15th.
The Squeeze was published, and I still need to write The Pinch.
Both the Gabriel Hawke and Spotted Pony Casino ebook box sets have been released.
I am caught up on large print books for the Gabriel Hawke series.
We are working on 14th audiobook in the Shandra Higheagle Mysteries, with only one more to go to finish the series.
Promoting audiobooks, I've done horrid at. I can't seem to find the time to dig in and get out the ads and schmooze with audiobook listeners. I REALLY need to work on this harder going forward.
Personal:
Most weeks I do get in at least 5 days of walking, more times than not I get in 6-7 days.
I am on the keto diet and have lost 12 pounds. I'd like to lose 10 more to feel at my best.
I have traveled some this year and have a trip set for this month to Hawaii. I'm going with one of my best friends and we are going to chill and relax and enjoy. We went to Alaska for a week for our Grandson's graduation and wedding. And I have attended a powwow and gone on a couple of research trips. You can find out about those at my blog Writing into the Sunset.
This brings me to keeping up my personal blog. I have been doing a pretty good job. I post twice a month with all different types of things. Some writing related and some my life.
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| My gelding Jan (John in Dutch) |
As for horseback riding...my gelding didn't come out of the winter in good shape. I've been slowly getting him to look like he can carry me for a ride. A granddaughter used him for a 4-H horse camp and I plan to get on him before you read this post.
I believe I'm on track to attain my goals. I did slip in a short story for the Windtree Press anthology releasing in October and I decided to write a Christmas novella to give my readers closure on the Shandra Higheagle Mystery series. My goal is to have that finished by the end of August and get started on The Pinch, book 5, in the Spotted Pony Casino series.
And in between all of that, I have my trip to Hawaii, two several-day events I'll be working at the NIWA booth, and I'm attending a conference in November to help me do better at marketing. i.e., get those audiobooks selling.
My evaluation is I am not nearly as behind this year as I have been the past two years. This makes me happy because I'm hoping to put together a month-long trip next year and want to make sure I can do it without messing up too much of my output. More on that in another post.
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Paty Jager is an award-winning author of 54 novels, 8 novellas, and numerous anthologies of murder mystery and western romance. All her work has Western or Native American elements in them along with hints of humor and engaging characters. Paty and her husband raise alfalfa hay in rural eastern Oregon. Riding horses and battling rattlesnakes, she not only writes the western lifestyle, she lives it. This is what Books a Plenty Book Reviews has to say about the Gabriel Hawke series: "The blend of nature tracking, clues, and the animals makes for a fascinating mystery that is hard to put down."
5 comments:
Paty,
I enjoyed your blog post and finding out all the wonderful things you do. Not only in your writing life, but your personal life.
Have fun in Hawaii! How awesome is that trip going to be?
Thanks, Diana. Yes, I'm excited to get away and relax.
Paty, you are a productive BEAST in the best way!!! I'm glad you feel you are in a good place, because you deserve to feel that way. You've earned it!!!
Very impressive, Paty! You live a full life!
Paty, what I like best about your goals is that they are balanced with writing goals/activities and personal goals/activities. Very inspiring to see what you've accomplished. A month long trip? That's intriguing...
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