In with the New Year, Out with the Old

Annum novum faustem felicem- thus I bid thee cheer!
Annum novum, faustem felicem- in the coming year!
*grins*
So, it's 2016. How did that happen, again? I mean, I could've sworn it was just Christmas Eve 2012 and I and my friends were discussing whether or not the world was actually going to end. (The majority of us were right ;)

Anyway, time to take a look back.
*trumpets blare*

Let's start with some numbers, shall we?
~In April 2015, I started Flights from the Aerie
~Since then, I have participated in 7 Monday's Minute Challenges, 4 Character Encounters, and a number of blog tours and cover reveals.
~I've had 3,249 pageviews, 10 followers through Google Friend Connect, and an unknown number more by email. Shoutout to all of you- You guys are awesome!! Thank you so much!!
~In July 2015, I did Camp NaNoWriMo for the first time, and got 15,005 words.
~In November 2015, I did regular NaNoWriMo for the first time, and got to 19,843 words, thanks to my AMAZING writing buddies. *virtual hugs all of you*
~And in 2015, I read & recorded 155 books on Goodreads.

Biggest memories of 2015:
~Story Character Scenes and Chats on the Jorum :)
~A Time to Die and A Time to Speak by Nadine Brandes- Oh those endings!! However will I wait until next fall?!
~NaNoWriMo! 
~Ilyon Chonicles by Jaye L. Knight
~The Rizkaland Legends by Kendra E. Ardnek
~Twinepathy by C.B. Cook
~Watermelon gum- Because I finally got my braces off :)
~And I got a job at my town's library! *squeals*

Now, how about a look forward? 
In 2016, I hope to...
~Edit Where Loyalties Lie, send it out to beta-readers, and maybe get it published before the year is out? Maybe? :)
~Put up a new story of mine (Captains of the Sky) as a serial story here on my blog
~Get back on top of things after being sick a lot in 2015
~Read the Bible cover to cover
~Read 200 books
~Post more of my writing on my blog 

And lastly, (but NOT leastly!) a couple of shoutouts (in no particular order):
Patience Bledsoe
And all my awesome friends who constantly put up with my crazyness :)
You guys are AMAZING!! Thank you for walking through this year with me!

So here's to 2016!

Comments

  1. Oh, and Yuri outube totally just inspired me to do a serial story!

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    1. *laughing cause this is my third comment* I totally typed "you" as "Yuri outube" xD

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    2. Haha XD Well I can't wat to read your serial story! I bet it'll be awesome!

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    3. xD I haven't even planned it, I just want to do one. :D

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  2. You read 155 books!? And you plan to read the entire bible this year!?

    Those alone make me think you must be pretty great/crazy. Happy new year!

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    1. Reading the whole bible is a great thing to do ! I am reading it chronologically.

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    2. Yep! :) I'm a rather voracious bookworm :)
      Happy new year to you also!

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  3. Hey there, Sierra! I'm so glad you started your own blog! :)

    If you want to find out how many email followers you have, you can go to feedburner.google.com. If you sign into your Google account there, it gives you subscriber stats.

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    1. Hi Rachelle! :D
      Cool! I didn't know that existed, thank you for telling me about it! :D

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