Start Your Writing Year Off Right ✨ (plus a little support if you need it)
Hello friends,
A new year always feels like a pause button and a deep breath all at once.
Before the noise of shoulds and write-every-day-or-else advice kicks in, I want to offer a gentler reframe for 2026:
👉 Your writing goals don’t need to be loud to be meaningful.
👉 Your process doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s.
👉 Starting where you are is more than enough.
This year, my content and coaching focus is all about accessible creativity—supporting writers who want to build momentum without burnout, especially those navigating neurodivergence, disability, caregiving, or plain old real life. After all I’m a chronic pain suffer and a dyslexic writer.
If one of your goals is to:
• finally start the story
• get unstuck after drifting away
• build a writing routine that works with your energy
• or understand what your manuscript actually needs next
I’d love to support you.
✨ Story Spark Writing Coaching – New Year Sale ✨
Use discount code MAVZPQRK
📍 Available on Buy Me a Coffee only
⏰ Sale ends 1/15/26
Story Spark sessions are coaching-focused (not editing) and designed to meet you where you are—messy drafts, uncertainty, and all.
Whether your 2026 writing goal is finish a book or simply show up with less fear, it counts. Progress doesn’t have to be dramatic to be real.
Today I successfully finished my #soaringtoyourgoalswithotw project. All 28 chapters of Obsidian Vendetta are edited and now it’s ready for ARC readers. Look for the sign up soon on here. If you have any friends that love urban fantasy, paranormal romance, noir fantasy, mystery, send them a link to join the newsletter.
Reading:
Watching:
Dare Devil
Beside the Sky
Forever You Part 2
Interminable
Working On:
All the tasks before Publishing Obsidian Vendetta a P.I.R. novel by Ann Crow
Start revising Book 4 of the Fire Series by S. A. Crow
Finishing up the P.I.R. serial fictions False Emerald and Amber and Ashes
Coming Up:
Streams and Writing Sprints Monday, Friday and Saturday on YouTube
A Virtual and in person House Warming Party
If you are a writer, creative, or author come check out On the Wings for Writers
Thank you for being here, for reading, and for continuing to choose creativity in a world that often asks too much.
Here’s to small sparks, steady steps, and stories that deserve to be told.
With care,
Raven
Story Spark Writing Coaching
P.S. If now isn’t the right time, that’s okay too. Keep an eye on upcoming free content, writing sprints, and gentle check-ins throughout the year—you’re always welcome. Use code MAVZPQRK on Buy Me a Coffee · Sale ends 1/15/26





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