Wow...we're in the final month of the year!! Time has flown by so quickly this year!! It's about to be New Years, again!! Has it been a full year already...?
Looking forward to celebrating the Winter Solstice. Holiday tidings to those of you that celebrate Christmas, and a hearty harambee for my wadugu na wadada who celebrate Kwanzaa!! Habari za Kwanzaa!! 😁😁😁😁😁
This year could have gone a lot better for me. My digital sales drives for my eBooks were sorely lacking. I still haven't been able to do any in-person appearances, like I wanted to do, and my overall sales sucked ass. Not to mention, my financial troubles that I'd dealt with during the middle of the year, and my stint with homelessness. Thankfully, I'm more stable, now. I have a much more consistent work schedule, and have a good amount of money saved up. I'm sloooowly getting back on my feet. Getting my holiday bonus from my day job recently helps a lot!!!
Going into 2025, I definitely want to step my game up. I'm hoping to publish this coming year, hopefully one of the books for my Black Fist series. If I'm going to publish anything, I can at least get those books out. None of my other books seems to have any type of traction. I can always focus on that book series, and work the comic book convention circuit (specifically, the Black comicons).
My webcam has been down since July, so I haven't been able to shoot any new episodes of The Rough Draft for YouTube. My two remaining options for next year, is to either buy a new laptop and use it exclusively for the production of the web series, or buy me a camcorder to shoot the episodes. Now that I have a bit of money in my pocket, neither expense would kill me financially, and I'll still have enough breathing room to take care of my bills, and still add funds to my savings. I've been consistent for the last five years with the series....despite the lack of support, why stop now...?
Since my work schedule is more consistent, I'm hoping to be able to vend at some local events. I might be able to have a bit of an impact on some of the smaller events, if I'm able to time it right. As long as nothing financially disastrous happens to me next year, I should be able to vend at an event, or two. The superhero novel series might have a better impact if I'm face-to-face selling it to people.
That's all for now. My only resolution for next year is to be the best version of my that I can be. I'll continue to keep you guys updated. Uhuru sasa, y paz!!
keep the fist raised!!!
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