2025 Year End Report: Success Markers!
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If you are new here, I am a big advocate for defining success for yourself. And part of that is breaking it down into more digestible chunks so you can give yourself a sense of accomplishment. I have completed Phase 1, so if you are curious, it is posted at the very bottom.
Phase 2: 0/14 Complete
These are items that I hope to complete by the end of 2030.
Have a 1k book launch - 905.21
Sell 10,000 books - 5276
Sell 50,000 books - 5276
Trad Publish - Not yet.
Make 50k in a year - $17,580.60
Social media follows totaling 5k - 3,529
1,000 Reviews on a book - 264
Over 100 reviews each on at least 10 books - 3
Get an agent - Not yet.
1,000 subscribers to my newsletter - 580
5,000 subscribers to my newsletter - 580
Patreon to 100 paid subscribers - 21
Social media follows totaling 15k - 3,529
Run a successful Kickstarter - Not yet.
Phase 3: 0/8 Complete
I'm not putting a time on this yet, because I need to get through the previous phase to have an idea of where I am at. I am hoping my authorial landscape is a lot different (in good ways only) by this point, so how could I even try to predict how long this phase should take at this point? Also, this is just a tentative list, I will probably be expanding it as time goes on.
Sell 100,000 books - 5276
Patreon to 500 paid subscribers - 21
Net 50k in a year - $3,498.42
Net 100k in a year - $3,498.42
1,000 Reviews on at least 3 books - 0
Over 500 reviews each on at least 10 books - 0
Social media follows totaling 100k across all platforms - 3,529
10,000 subscribers to my newsletter - 580
Soft Goal List: 2/5 Complete
These are items that I have no control over, as they are entirely fan led.
Have a fan do a Rule 34 of my work. - Not Yet!
Have a fan write some Jubal County Fan Fiction. - Not Yet!
Have a fan get a Tattoo of my work. Not Yet!
Have a fan cosplay as Howard Marsh at a convention. - Done! 2023
Have a fan make some fan art. - Done! 2023
The Realistic Big Goal
World Travel - A realistic goal for total success for me is that at least once a year I can afford to pay to take my family anywhere in the world for a couple of weeks, just using profits. In theory, I could have taken my family anywhere in the world...that cost less than $3,498.42 I reckon!
The Big Goal
Full Time Author - This is of course the absolute goal of goals, truest of true success. But it's a hard point to get to. I have to totally replace my current income, plus benefits like health insurance. I am guessing that by the time I get to this point, based on current day time career trajectory, that I will need to be bringing in 150k net a year, or be retired. Whichever comes first. Sadly, my money is on retirement. Womp.
Phase 1: 14/14 Complete
Get 100 reviews on a book - Done! 2022
Do six panels at Dragon Con - Done! 2023
Sell 1,000 Books - Done! 2023
100,000 KENP - Done! 2023
Have a 1k month in a non-launch month - Done! 2023
Sell 5,000 Books - Done! 2025
Instagram over 500 likes - Done! 2023
Facebook over 1000 follows - Done! 2024
250 subscribers to my newsletter - Done! 2024
Patreon to 4 paid subscribers - Done! 2023
Be asked to blurb a book - Done! 2024
Make 10k in a year - Done! 2023
Write a script and shop it around - Done! 2024
Patreon to 20 paid subscribers- Done! 2025
