2023 Writing Recap

December 21, 2023 | C.E. Flores

Well, I didn’t get much writing done in November despite signing up for NaNoWriMo and even less done in December, so instead of a monthly recap, I’ll share what I accomplished during the year and what I hope to accomplish next year.

I started out running straight from the gate and in January released Abuelita ¿Qué vamos a hacer hoy? ¡Hagamos rosca de reyes!: Versión en español and El boticario mexicano: Remedios herbales tradicionales para el resfriado y la gripe.

The English language equivalents were also out in January, but I did some revisions and re-released both The Mexican Apothecary: Traditional Cold and Flu Herbal Remedies and Abuelita ¿Qué Vamos A Hacer Hoy? Let’s Make Rosca de Reyes!: Bilingual Version later in the year.

Then I released Exploring Traditional Herbal Remedies in Mexico Volume 4: Discovering the Healing Power of Native Blossoming Plants in May and A Woman’s Survival Guide to Shopping in Rural Mexico: Where to Go to Get the Essentials in August.

So, 6 books isn’t my entire WIP list, but it wasn’t too shabby for a year’s work. I think I need a little more accountability pressure (although, as I mentioned, NaNoWriMo didn’t work for me this year).

On that note, Stacy Jubba has a new offer, Vision Board Toolkit for Writers: Empower Your Future, that I’m looking into. In fact, it’s on sale this week with the code GOALS24. Access to the course opens on January 2, just in time for my New Year’s Writing Goals, and there’s an invitation to the Manifest and Mingle Vision Board Facebook Party for Writers.

Check it out

Here’s to a RIGHTEOUS WRITING 2024!

October 2023 Writing Challenge Update

November 1, 2023February 2, 2024 | C.E. Flores

Screaming into the void! That’s how the writing challenge went for me in October. I devoted so many hours to working my day jobs that NO writing got done.

Then, despite all the publicity (See YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR (ME) ARTICLE & PODCAST FEATURES), October was a dismal month for sales. I’m going to blame it on Amazon Prime days, but who knows? It could have been just a fluke.

On the last day of the month, I finally got the editing done for the revised version of The Mexican Apothecary. The internet hasn’t been very cooperative lately, so we’ll see when I can get the new edition uploaded.

In November, I signed up for Nanowrimo mostly for accountability purposes. I am DETERMINED to get some writing done this month. And just because I can, I’m choosing herbs as my focus once again. I’ve already started my research on wild roses in traditional Mexican remedies.

Yippee kay-ya-eh. Move along, little bookies!!!

Writing Challenge Update September

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 | C.E. Flores

Sadly, I don’t have a new release this month, but I have been making progress. If you remember, I am reworking some parts of The Mexican Apothecary. The first half of the book is done. This month I hope to do the second half and re-release it in October.

Then, I’ve started on the book that chronicles the crackpot income-generating ideas we’ve tried since moving to Mexico. The working title is Minding the Business in La Yacata. I might need a month or two more on that. The rough draft is done, but the editing–oh, the editing.

I do have some freebies for you to hold you over until these WIPs are done. I also have some freebies for you. First, A Woman’s Survival Guide to Holidays in Mexico is free on Amazon until Labor Day.