My To Read List for 2019

Hello, hello! I recently wrote up a To Read List for 2019, and I'm super excited to get started with it. Actually, I'm already working on it: currently I'm reading Eldest, the second book in The Inheritance Cycle. So far, so good.

The goal is to read 10 books this year. I'm going easy on myself for two reasons: one, my main focus this year is on writing and editing Skrikare, and two, I'm just starting to really get back into reading. I don't think overloading myself with books this year is the right way to go, given the circumstances.

That said, my list does contain more than 10 books - just in case I find the time to read more than 10. Don't want to leave myself scrambling for books mid-year, you know? We'll see how it goes.

Here's a picture of the list:



Yes, yes, I know: I'm behind the game in a lot of these books. College kept me from reading for fun for a while. No big deal. And the last three listed are series/trilogies, so I figure the list is actually closer to 20, if not more. I'll save those last two series for last. If I don't finish The Shadowhunter Chronicles this year and read them into 2020, no big deal. I'm starting 2019 with the second book of The Inheritance Cycle, after all!

And if you want links (and easier to read writing), here's the list in text form:

1. Eldest


2. Brisingr


3. Inheritance


4. On Writing


5. The Hunger Games


6. Catching Fire


7. Mockingjay


8. Vicious


9. The Engine What Runs the World


10. The Shadowhunter Chronicles


11. A Court of Thorns and Roses


12. Grisha Trilogy

But yes, those will keep me busy this year, I should think. ;) Which books do you plan to read in 2019?

First Draft Finished & New Site!

All right folks, this isn't my first blog post ever, but this is the first one on the new website! It was time for a (cheaper) change, so I took it as a chance to get a fresh start on this blogging thing.

ANYWAY. What's happened since my last post on the old blog? Well, I FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT OF SKRIKARE! That happened around mid November, and no, I did not participate in NaNoWriMo. I just got excited that I was so close to done and made sure to write every night so it did get done.

Now what do I do? I decided to stow the draft away in my desk until March 1st, when I'll take it back out, read it through, and then essentially rewrite it for the second draft. I never imagined it'd be so hard to leave it alone, but I know it'll be for the best! And I already have some ideas for things to change or tweak, so it's not like it's not in my head still.

In fact, it got a new title since I finished that draft. Skrikare: The Living Weapon. Skikare is Swedish for screamer, and honestly I'm in love with this new title. It sounds so much more badass than She Screams Blood did, and just makes a whole lot more sense. I think this might be the title I actually stick with; it just makes me so excited every time I think about it.

March 1st just needs to get here ASAP and then it'll get even more exciting! What are you working on? What draft are you on? Wherever you are in the process, just keep going!!