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What I've Been Up To January 2, 2026 2 min read

Happy New Year!

Leah E. Welker by Leah E. Welker

🍾What I’ve been up to

Happy New Year! I celebrated with my family in our traditional style by just hanging out while feasting on nonalcoholic sparkling drinks, cheese, crackers, and Little Smokies. We are a wild bunch. As in, not.

In fact, I’m so not-wild, half the time I don’t even make it until midnight. As a true Moontouched/Sunfilled, my energy sets with the sun. Early to bed, early to rise—that’s me. But I made it to midnight this year! (Although my far-off family demanded pictures as proof.)

I’ve also been working hard on…

🎧Book 6’s Audio Completion!

IT’S DONE! I DID IT! 🥳 I finished the editing on book six’s self-narrated audiobook—as of 3 PM on New Year’s Eve. I told you guys I’d finish before the year was out, and by golly, I did it. (Even though, toward the end, it required working on Saturdays and even Christmas.)

Now, my test listeners will do their thing, and then I’ll make the final tweaks and upload it to the retailers.

For now, since I basically didn’t have a Christmas break (😅), I’m forcing myself to take it easy the last few days of this week. Though I’m itching to get started on the new series, as I promised. I’ll begin first thing next week!

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