New Novel - Saturday January 24, 2026

 Dear Diary,

This month has been a bit of chaos, and looking back on it, I can't even pinpoint how I managed to get basically nothing done on my new novel that I'd planned to have finished by the end of this month.

I suppose one issue could be that I had four novels I'd wanted to write and couldn't decide on which one to begin first, so I kind of began them all, and basically wrote five chapters, but they were all first chapters for five different books. Yes, I know I'd said there were four I'd wanted to write. But once I get started, the ideas keep coming, and now I have a mile-long 'to write' list.

It seems every time I tell someone the title or show them a cover concept of what I'm working on, I feel like it is completed somehow and then I cannot seem to find the willpower to actually work on it.

Or maybe I've just been lazy. There is that. And I guess I have been.

I really appreciate all the readers that have stuck with my work over the years and watched my pathetic attempts at keeping up a blog or diary. I know, I know. I could just never wrap my head around the word "blog". So, now, as I know I've said again, it has been officially dubbed "a diary" and not a blog, so I am more likely to keep up with it.

Also, yes, I am an eternal optimist. But with procrastination tendencies.

So, I am working on a novel, it is brand new but along a similar theme as my 11-book series (if you've been following me, you'll know what it is, if you haven't then it will be a brand new surprise for you).

I will get back to my writing on Monday. And try to keep a daily update on my progress here. 

Have a great weekend!

xoxo

Elizabeth Barstone