Rebecca M. Zornow

20 from ’24

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Last month I shared some of the things I learned over my three years as an author, and at my writing group this month, we did an end-of-the-year exercise to record 20 achievements from this year.

Here they are, in the exact order they occurred to my little, holiday-buzzing brain:

1. Took the Southwest Chief train to the Nebula Conference in Los Angeles.

2. Wrote a novella for the first time

3. Wrote my longest book ever

4. Hired a personal assistant

5. Obtained several BookBub Featured Deals (a highly competitive newsletter for readers that promotes great books on sale)

6. Stayed in budget

7. Am writing cleaner chapters

8. Have a better understanding of pacing

9. Was invited to a new book fair

10. Hit bestseller lists on B&N, Kobo, and Amazon

11. Joined The Wednesday Club, a 143-year-old book club

12. Wrote a blog post every month

13. Journaled in the mornings

14. Took myself on a creative Artist Date each week

15. Organized my office

16. Helped the SMITHworks Writing Group publish their second anthology, Unmapped 

17. Sold more books than last year

18. My poem was chosen to be stamped into the concrete of 4 sidewalks in my city, including in front of our new library

19. Went on a writing retreat with my sister

20. Spoke on 2 panels

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A science fiction author living in Wisconsin, I love traveling, eating good food, and reading long books.

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