Write in the New!

What are YOUR writing plans, ambitions, and hopes for 2026? 

Will you finish that book manuscript or begin a new one?  Will you submit a short story (or two) to a contest?  How about brainstorming a month’s worth of blog posts? Or will you finally write that book review for your favorite author’s new (or almost new) novel?  If you’re really stuck, go to one of those online sites that have hundreds of daily, seasonal, or holiday lists of prompts, and free write for 10 minutes several times throughout the day.

Whatever and whenever, in 2026, get to writing!  (And I’m talking to myself here too!)

Happy New Year!

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Author: Jackie Houchin

First, I am a believer in Jesus Christ, so my views and opinions are filtered through what God's Word says and I believe. I'm a wife, a mom, a grandma and now a great grandma. I write articles and reviews, and I dabble in short fiction. I enjoy living near the ocean, doing gardening (for beauty and food) and traveling - in other countries, if possible. My heart is for Christian missions, and I'm compiling a collections of Missionary Kids' stories to publish. (I also like kittens and cats and reading mysteries.)

6 thoughts on “Write in the New!”

  2. This year, I am writing a 5-day-per-week blog on the four Gospels in the Bible. It will total 261 posts in all in 2026. I’ve started in the shortest, most succinct gospel of Mark. If you are interested in reading it, see https://jackiehouchin.life/ Mondays-Fridays.

    I usually read nearly 100 books during the year, more and more in audiobook format. I hope to continue that. I do read a lot of Middle Grade or Young Adult books (they are shorter, cleaner, and action-packed).

    I’ve also signed up for a couple “story-by-letter” mysteries, receiving two letters per month. I hope they are good. Sara Rossett writes one. I actually WROTE two of these serialized stories to two of my granddaughters when they were young, and a dozen “Missionary Kids” stories for kids at our church. Hmmmm….. could I do that again? If you are good and are willing to advertise, there is money in it as well.

    The very best of writing adventures and experiences to you all in 2026.

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  3. I look forward to publishing my fifth novel, the final book in my series, which means working on all the other parts of the process – blurbs, summaries, the dedication and acknowledgements.

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  4. Happy New Year to one and all! May we all have much love and laughter in the year ahead – and for us writers – plenty of writing time and brilliant inspiration! write on!

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  5. I’m working on a new book and also finishing up another collection of bits and pieces of stories I wrote a while ago. And I’m using ideas in a few folders of story ideas I’ve jotted down over the years. It’s fun visiting these older ideas and seeing how they look in this century. Yea, some of the ideas were written in the last century, but they still have a story in there. Write On!

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  6. Happy New Year, everyone! I’m chiming in a week late, but the year is still new. I’m planning to unearth my collection of partially-written short stories and get them out to the world.

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