One year has gone ... should we do plans for the next year?

Once again it's time to say goodbye to this year and keep our fingers crossed for the next one.

On a global scale, the world has gone through so many changes that we could hardly process them all. We have wars, shifts of powers, and global economic crises. Yet, we're still here and for this, should be grateful for what we have. 

On a personal level, I'm grateful for having remained sane during this massive income of news. This is also the reason I left the social network aside. Sometimes, I had the impression that social media, instead of bringing us together, is setting us apart, and at times even one against each other.

It didn't use to be this way back in the days when we all started to navigate the web searching for new friends around the globe.

During this year I focused on improving my writing, maintaining my business, and finding a balance between my writing career, my day job (the one that pays the bills), and my family.

I usually don't like to make long-term plans and I don't believe in the new year's propositions. They're generally destined to get busted by the first half of the year, forcing me to rethink everything from scratch.

Instead, I have a loose plan that includes reaching the so much sought balance between everything that matters in my life.

Next year, I'll keep writing new books of my police procedural's series and I'm planning to start a new series that will be released during the first half of the year. 

I have in mind an organized crime thriller series set between Sicily and the US. With all the inputs I receive daily from the news I can say that my ideas have started to flow wildly, giving me endless prompt for many books.

In sight there are new adventures for the Wandering Writer, starting already from May, so if you have enjoyed the previous adventures, stay tuned because I have new destinations in mind.

For now, I wish you all a serene Christmas, and I'll be  back soon before the end of this year with some new trips.

Take care!

Preparing for Christmas and for the new year

So, I am not yet sure but this might be the last bog until next year.
As the end of the year approaches, it is time to think about celebrating Christmas with the family and dear ones. This is the best chance to recall all the blessings we have received this year, the achievements that made us smile and the disappointments that made us almost drop everything.
Life is made of all of these, and they represent the balance of a lifetime.
As for me, I have to say that I have been blessed with many achievements, which were interrupted by some other failures and disappointments.
There have been many times when I thought I could have just step back, because I could not take it, and the difficulties, at that time they seemed to be insurmountable.
However, it also returned to my mind that most of my achievements came after disappointments and went through failures.
So, my proposition for the next year is not to give up on the difficulties that will certainly appear on my path.
That is also what I wish to everybody: finding the way not to give up, continue, and try to improve starting from the first failure.
A bad result means only that you need to recalibrate your shot, and not that you need to quit everything.

This year I was supposed to publish three novels, but things went a bit on my way, and I could not make it on time for the third one. Nevertheless, I could take more time to review the next novel and older novels, plan the next year's marketing, goals, and consider/planning the box set for the trilogy Deadly Deception.
I have also started to check up my new website and I'm considering making some changes in the layout, which will make it easier to navigate.
I will keep you updated when it's ready.

With this in mind, and also waiting for the next travel adventures that are waiting for me next year, I am going to leave you.
I wish you all the best for this end of the year, and for a brilliant success for the next year, regardless of the goals, you will set up.