I failed to visit anyone’s blog last month. I know, I know. I am a crummy blog friend, and I will be sure to visit this week. The past couple of months have been overwhelming in my personal life, and I ended up slacking in my online presence. But the holidays are over so it is now just general busyness that I blame for slacking off.

With the holiday providing me a full week off of work, I thought I’d be able to power through several chapters of my book 1. But with the holidays came bad news for close friends, so three of my seven days were spent with them. I also slipped in eye appointments and dental appointments and a trip to the local sporting goods store that has an indoor Ferris wheel. All-in-all, I didn’t get much time to work on my writing. It didn’t help that I got stuck on one of my chapters. The chapter was fine, but it dragged. So I rewrote it, starting later. That worked better, but it still bugged me. Then I rewrote it again, starting later again. I’m now eyeballing it, but I think it’s to a place I’m okay with. Spending three weeks on one chapter isn’t great for getting this book done, though.

Rewriting book 1 is my only goal for this year. And because I always get obsessed with my characters, I drew portraits for my book 1 POVs:

Kaio (green-haired guy) got the biggest revamp. I never had a good grasp on how I wanted him to look, so I finally sat down, figured out his colors, and decided on face shape and eyes.

Anyway, I’m skipping the question of the month this month since I can’t think of anyone except family and fictional characters that I admired as a kid.

How were your holidays? Do they make you feel overwhelmed too? Do you have any goals for this year?

Forgot to add…
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