Another year has passed, and it’s that time of year when you look back at what you achieved last year and plan for the next. This year we reached the five year anniversary of publishing my debut novel, and now I have 13 books published, 6 audiobooks, been a contributing author to four anthologies, one kickstarter, and written four novellas for my newsletter subscribers.
I hope you downloaded the bonus free novella, Sentinals of Stoneford, set in the world of the Sentinals series which I wrote as thankyou to all my newsletter subscribers. Your support makes writing so fulfilling, and your enthusiam for my characters makes me want to write more!
Anyhow, back to what I achieved in 2025, and what’s in store for 2026?
I published two books, one novella, and one short story
- May 3rd: Secret Alliance in the Reign of Dragons Anthology (Kickstarter-Short story)
- May 5th: Sentinals Origins Part One
- Dec 1st: Sentinals Origins Part Two
- 23rd December: Sentinals of Stoneford, Novella 4.5 Sentinal series (Free for Newsletter subscribers)
My books won more Awards!!
- Sentinals Destiny
- Global Book Awards Winter 2025 Finalist/GOLD medal for Epic Fantasy
- Sentinals Origins Part One
- Short listed for the 2025 CIBA OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction
- OblivionGate
- Global Book Awards Winter 2025 Finalist/Silver
So what’s in store for 2026? Well I have plans for more books! Ready for a brand new epic fantasy series?
- Book One: Forged by Betrayal and Blood, Celestial Throne series. Release date TBC 1H25, currently on preorder.
- Book Two: Celestial Throne series: Release date TBC
- Sentinals Series Collection 1 : Anthology of novellas originally released to newsletter subscribers only.
- Sentinals Discovery (Novella 1.5)
- Sentinals and Guardians (Novella 2.5)
- Sentinals of Stoneford (Novella 4.5)
Other goals:
- More formal Marketing plan to grow sales
- Open a Tiktok shop
- Create a Sentinals Wiki site (still a stretch goal!!)
So plenty to keep me busy outside of the day job!
Work continues to take up most of my brain power as I was promoted and took on more responsibility. Which meant it was more difficult to focus on writing in the evenings and weekends.
I am very proud that I still managed to write and release two books, both of which hit the number one new release spot on Amazon Classic Fantasy, wrote the first draft of a book in a brand new epic fantasy series, participated in a kickstarter, and wrote a 35k word novella for my newsletter subscribers. In total that was over 400,000 words in 2025!
I know 2026 will be just as productive. I look forward to sharing the results with you throughout the year. Once again – Thank you for all your support, I hope you stay with me as we continue this amazing journey. Follow my blog or sign up to my newsletter to get the news first!
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