Meredith Mansfield, Author

First Goal: Complete the rewrite of MAGE STORM and publish it.

In this case, I’m going to state a backup goal, in case I continue to have trouble just moving this along. Write the first draft of MEADOWSWEET.

Second Goal: Begin work on the second book, tentatively titled ROGUE MAGE. (But see above backup goal.)

Third Goal: Housekeeping-type things:

• Do some work on this website and on my Facebook Author Page to make them more appealing and more professional.
• Establish some kind of regular promotions.

Fourth Goal: Continue learning and improving:

• Continue reading and learning about other aspects of the craft, chiefly marketing/promotion and better launch strategies for new books.

And, finally, the back-burner list. Things I am not, at this moment, ready to write, but need that final inspiration or two that pulls them out of the pile and makes them irresistible.

• One or more sequels to DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING. The main characters have completed their character arcs, but more needs to be done–probably by other characters–to save their corner of the world.
• Fairy tale retellings, including Meadowsweet.
• My much-neglected weird Oz story.
• Prequels to the DUAL MAGICS series, telling how the world got into that state: how the Fasallon came to be rulers in Caere and all along the coast and why they try so hard to maintain that position, why the Dardani have such a fear of magic, how the Fasallon and Valson came to be separated, and more.
• The final book in the CHIMERIA series.
• And that Arthurian-legend, secret-history idea I’ve been playing with off and on.
• I’m sure others will raise their heads as I go along. In my experience, there’s nothing like writing one idea to cause others to spring up along my path like bunny rabbits.

Happy New Year