#WordWeavers 30 Dec: How has your writing been this year? Any achievements/wins/lessons you want to celebrate?

So, as I discussed a few times the last few months, thanks to Trump's Big Fucking Bill, my family is in a situation where if I don't start bringing in significant (~$650 a month) income in the next 3-4 years we are completely screwed.

After some research (and a bit of panic) I concluded that the only way to bring in that kind of money as a self published author was volume -- publishing lots of books. About a book a month in fact.

So I started in August with a commitment to treat my writing like a business and try to publish SOMETHING every month.

I am delighted to say that contrary to my fears, I have kept this schedule for six months (January's release is already scheduled) and barring disaster should be good to go at least through March.

It's been a rough several months, with one moderate burnout in October and another near burnout in Dec. But I did it and am now convinced I can keep doing it for at least the next six months.

And if I can get through the next six months, I can probably manage this long term.

I'm also already seeing real increase in income, with my royalty payout in December being twice that of my royalty payout in July. Payouts are still in the double digits, but it's real, measurable progress towards my goal.

So huge celebration, much proud, and if you'd like to support my in my goals, a bunch of my books are on sale on Smashwords today and tomorrow:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JessMahler1449
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