in which I reflect a little bit on 2017 and where I’m looking forward to all that’s ahead of me in 2018.
Reflection
2017 was an interesting year for me. I started with My Peak Challenge, I continued working on my novel and I learned on a lot of new and interesting things.
It’s not always been an easy year, but that’s all part of life. I’ve made the decision for myself to look at the good that happened.
My Peak Challenge
My Peak Challenge is both a physical challenge as a mental/creative/anything you like challenge. I’ve worked on my physical challenge (Yay, I can now eat bananas and pears and my asthma has gotten better!) and will continue to work on that in 2018.
I’ve met an incredible group of peakers here in the Netherlands who are amazingly supportive. With them I’ve done fun things like Mermaid Swimming!

We have done a lot together in 2017 and I’m very much looking forward to everything we do in 2018.
New & Interesting Things
I’ve learned several new things about history, rituals and about world building. There is so much to learn from history and from current events, plants, animals and such. It’s incredible! Did you know, for example, that we can now help wild animals who’ve lost a limb or part of a scale?
Scientists believe they have created the world's first 3-D printed brace for a sea turtle's shell, and the results seem promising https://t.co/QeGVtX6ha2 pic.twitter.com/ik9a58CipI
— CNN International (@cnni) December 11, 2017
And that’s not all! What happens to spiders when fields and such are flooded? They search for higher grounds and make huge webs there:
Thousands of spiders escaped floodwaters in Australia & covered fields with their webs!
(Photos: David Munoz) pic.twitter.com/rzn8Zf9Cxr
— Nature Is Weird (@NaturelsWeird) August 27, 2017
And there is so much more to learn! Keep an eye for these amazing tidbits of information that just might rock your world!
My novel
I’ve worked a lot on my novel in 2017. It was mostly world building and that’s okay. I discovered I was sometimes stuck on a story line because I hadn’t worked out a few things good enough in my world building. I’ve developed my complete story line for book one. The story line for the other books is something I’m going to work on when the first draft of my first book is finished.
And I’ve been working on my map. I can show a small preview, but you’ll have to wait for the full version, cause I’ll show that later on!

This is just a small portion of the entire world. I will not tell you which part it is just yet. You’ll have to wait and see!
You will see more of my world building in later posts!
Looking forward
Like I said, you will see more later. There are two things I can reveal to you today:
- The new book series title
- My plans for 2018
I won’t do it in a normal blog post. Nope. I’ve decided to give you a video in which I reveal both. Have fun!
What are your writing or reading plans for 2018? Share them below in the comments!

Interior cleaner by day, Author by afternoon and night. Fantasy is my poison and I’m loving it. Dragons and magic play an important role in my world and to give it all free reign, I design my own worlds.