As January 2026 comes to a close, I thought I’d take a moment to share a brief look back at my 2025 accomplishments.
My YouTube content creator journey continued to take center stage throughout the year. While 2024 saw a plethora of full-length audiobook productions, both professionally narrated and author read, 2025 required an added tool to my arsenal in order to continue growing the channel with full-length audiobooks: professional human voice replicas. As a result, here are just a few of my best selling stories now available to listen to for free:
Mr. Darcy, the Heir of Pemberley
Gravity: Shades of Mr. Darcy
Love is Here and Now Gone
Miss Elizabeth Bennet: Where the Heart Lives
Most Unknowingly, Most Ardently in Love
Designed for Each Other
After Last Night with Mr. Darcy
‘Tis the Season for Matchmaking
In September, I also added memberships to my channel, thanks to generous incentives offered by YouTube. I currently have 17 members. That number fluctuates from month to month but continues to see steady growth.
Other notable YouTube milestones from 2025:
* 850,000 total views
* 3,500 subscribers
The author side of my journey commanded less of my time. I released two full-length novels and one novella. Intentions and Mishaps was released in February 2025, followed by Love Is Here and Now Gone in June, and Hearts Unspoken in September. I also added a couple of book bundles into the mix: After All and Irrational Exuberance. Both were shared in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited, with the intention of making my stories available to readers who prefer borrowing.
I also contributed a novella titled Seven and Twenty: Miss Charlotte Lucas to a multi-author anthology, To Mark the Occasion: Birthday Tales for Jane Austen’s 250th.
On the audiobook front, I expanded my professionally narrated catalog with two new releases. Intentions and Mishaps and Expecting, both narrated by Pearl Hewitt, are now available wherever audiobooks are sold. Both titles can also be enjoyed for free on my YouTube channel.
Looking ahead to 2026, I have at least four work-in-progress stories at various stages of completion. I hope to share many of them with you in the coming months. Ideally, a few new audiobooks will make their way into the world this year. One particular wish is to have Hearts Unspoken professionally narrated. Fingers crossed.
Much of 2026, I will focus on content creation for my YouTube channel, continuing to share Pride and Prejudice inspired stories and adding original historical romance stories as well. One million YouTube views, here I come. And should my subscriber count reach 5,000 what a wonderful occasion that would be.
I hope you will accompany me as this journey continues.
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