Since I started this site a few years back, I’ve posted my goals for the new year and gone back through them to update my progress as the year progresses. In 2026, I want to spend time doing dedicated focus work on my career and craft.
Here are my goals and updates for the past six years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 for interested people. That’s six years of writing goals that chart my career, my work, and how I’ve grown. As always, I hope this provides any writer a roadmap and inspiration to design their careers.
Last Updated: January 2026
2026 Intention: Level up career and craft
- Graduate from Bennington
- Submit short story collection to contests
- Write nonfiction book proposal
- Edit horror thriller novel and prep for query in 2027
- Read and submit/pitch to magazines regularly
- Submit short stories to anthologies
- Study technology, religion, and philosophy
- Study trauma narrative and writing in horror
- Finish dialogue guide book
- Write stories based on passion and intrigue
- Build games and other writing systems/tools
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