2018 Year End Review

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Hi Friends,

2018 started off a little rocky, with planned and unplanned abdominal surgeries to remove rogue organs and the discovery of arthritis in my knee, but ended with a bang!

Around June, after all healing from the abdominal surgeries had wrapped up and I could focus on more than just whining about not being able to run and do things, I opened a fortune cookie and read the following fortune: “If you wait too long for the perfect moment, the perfect moment will pass you by.”

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And Halls apparently knew I needed a push, too (that’s a cough drop wrapper next to the fortune. It says, “Don’t give up on yourself.”)

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I decided to grab my writing career by the horns, and opened my own publishing company, Dark Doorways Press, to publish my books under.

And then, life got crazy.

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Most of you know I write during my lunch hour at Ye Olde Day Jobbe, so I had to prioritize that time in order to make this work. I taught myself basic web design (on the fly, muddling through putting together my new website). I signed up for classes to build my email list, and have been listening to podcasts on building an Independent Publishing business. It’s all very exciting and very scary at the same time.

I hired an editor and a book cover designer for THE BLOOD OF SEVEN, and decided to also put out my short story collection, LUMP (cover reveal coming soon on the My Work page!)

It’s been a whirlwind year, and I couldn’t have managed without the support of my wonderful husband, Fishubby, and the shared confusion/wonder/horror/excitement of going Indie with my dear friend Uluru (who also broke my heart, but loyal friendship is about honesty and trust and getting over shit, and anyone who knows a Virgo knows we love completely and are prone to heart break, and we are also insanely loyal to those to earn it. This heart break taught me a valuable lesson, which I will carry forward with me as both a learning experience, and a lesson to put as much trust in myself as I put in others, if not more).

2019 is going to be an amazing year! I have some fun things planned! Stay tuned!

Happy New Year!!!

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How was your 2018? What are you most excited about in the new year?

Comment below!

Peace and keep writing,

Claire L. Fishback

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Roger Mannon says

December 23, 2018 at 5:05 pm

Let me see, I got medication from the VA for PTSD. It stops the night terrors I’ve lived with for the last 50 years. So,, no more waking up to muffled screams just before I fall out of bed. That’s a good thing.

Better than that, I have submitted a series of short stories to various competitions. So far two of those got honorable mention and one was a semi-finalist. I’m finally getter better at this writing thing!

Peace and keep writing,

Claire L. Fishback

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