So here we are in 2025, and while there are a lot of questions in the near future, I'd like to talk about where I am personally.

I'm not where I thought I would be, but I do plan that this year I will release at least one project, and hopefully at least one every year going forward, beyond that, we'll see. I'd planned to try to do more but I know that the more I focus on arbitrary goals rather than the steps themselves I stress out more and get less done. So I'm going to try to look at it more as getting the steps completed, and doing what I can do.

Winterfall is complete and is as edited as it is going to get. I have gone through it several times and taken notes from test readers, and I think it is in the best shape it is going to be. My plan is to prepare it for publication and go through those final steps and get it out before Winter (the season) is done. When that happens, I'm going to move straight into editing the sequel, a process I had started but put aside when it was clear the first needed more work.

I'm refining my plans for what to do on youtube and the mostly likely effect for the short term is there may be some missing weeks but that may be filled by other videos I will be making to promote Winterfall, but we'll see. While there is no shortage of things to talk about in Vlogs and books to review, I need to find a consistent way to fill the other slot.

On a personal note I'm working on changing over the last of my documents, something I had been procrastinating on, and trying to move forward given the incoming administration. After the current ones I'm giving my attention to I will only have one left.

Convention plans are likely to be MFM and STLV, I do not think I will be doing a third convention this year, although I am delighted to hear that BSG is going to be doing another con, but it is at both a time and location that is inconvenient even if I were inclined to go. That being said, I will possibly go the year following, but we will see how things look at that time.

With Winterfall's release and hopefully more to follow, I plan to try to release more work this year and continue to build my library, and hopefully my plans for 2026 will be bolder still.

 LaurenRivers