I’ve always made New Year’s Resolutions from a young age.
To me, the start of a new year is the time when I measure my growth and any achievements. I always look at the previous year’s resolutions, to see if I kept them or to ask what prevented me from meeting my goals.
And, of course, it’s the time when I decide what I want from the next year. What areas do I want to grow in? What do I want to get out of another year of life? What do I want to focus on over the next 365 days?
To me, New Year’s Resolutions aren’t always a vow to give up eating chocolate or to be nicer to other people (though those are worthwhile goals!) They’re a way of helping me focus my attention.
So what am I aiming for in 2026?
I try to mix up my resolutions between things I can control and things I can’t completely.
Complete my Ruined Skye trilogy
Forgotten Skye has found a home with Evernight Teen. Burning Skye is complete and ready to be edited. And the final book in the trilogy needs to be written. I’m currently just under 6,000 words with a basic plot idea – but my goal for 2026 is to finish that book and submit it and its elder sister to Evernight.
I am so proud of this trilogy and can’t wait for you to read it. Forgotten Skye will be out in Summer 2026.
Find an agent
Ah, the elusive, lesser spotted agent. I’m not sure how much control I have over the success of this resolution, but I’ll keep querying until I either get signed or die.
See all The Mirrordom Legends books published
If all goes to plan, 2026 will be the year that my series, The Mirrordom Legends, is published. I’m so thankful to my publisher, Fire and Ice, for helping me bring this series to life.
Flame and Phoenix and Quiver and Arrow are both due out in 2026. I’m especially proud of Quiver and Arrow – to me, it’s the most satisfying conclusion to the series I could imagine. It’s also the darkest and most brutal book yet, so make of that what you will.
Grow my Street Team
Oh, here’s one you can help me with!
Return to YALC
YALC 2025 was phenomenal for me. I sold out of books for the first time and learned a lot. Also, it’s the one day of the year I get to meet up with my lovely friend, Marie Voinson. Together, we emerge from our introverted shells and do our best to resemble normal human beings*.
Treat my authoring as a business, not a hobby
I am fortunate enough to have a day job that funds my authoring – but advice from Helen Lewis of LiterallyPR made me decide to take this more seriously. Not that I don’t take it seriously – I absolutely do – but as less of an art and more as a business.
As a creative, I find the two don’t really go hand in hand. I write books because I can’t not write books and it’s forever a surprise and delight when A. they sell, B. other people say they enjoy them. This is not the mindset to bring into 2026 with me, so it’s staying behind in 2025.
Do you bother with New Year Resolutions?
*Marie does this much better than I do. But come and have a laugh as I struggle to remember how to vocalise basic sentences.
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