TLDR –> Key Goals:

1. Centralize writing on this account.
2. More Erotica, more Poetry, more Flash Fiction, and more Role Play.
3. Play and Be Fearless

I admit it, I love New Years. It is probably the only holiday I actively celebrate. I like clear markers in time. I know it is a random moment, but that random moment offers us a chance to pause and reflect. It is a moment to hope and, sometimes, a moment to mourn.

There is no mourning here. This blog is young and new. I have no interest in looking back and mourning what I could have done. Frankly, considering the year, I am very happy I wrote as much as I did.

This is post, then, is really for next year. It is a look ahead and what I want for me and for this site. When I write my 2027 post, I will look back on this one and reflect¹. Goals are double-headed things. I am writing about what I want in 2026, but I am also marking where I am by setting these goals. That context is rarely static. I acknowledge that I am living in a moment of instability. Any metric I set is bound to be flawed. I have no idea what 2026 holds, but I’m pretty sure it is going to be a wild ride.

The danger with resolutions is that we treat them like a yearly reviews in corporate and capitalist spaces. We’ve been trained to think our productivity equals our value. This is bullshit, of course. You’re a human being, not a cog in machine. Your value has nothing to do with your ability to serve the corporate monstrosities that devour us whole even when that corporate monstrosity is built in to your thinking. I like resolutions, they have value, but only when decoupled from these performance-related constructs.

My goals for 2026, then, are not focused on metrics, rather I focus on where I want to be at the end of the year. There is no doubt that these goals require work and that I be productive, but I am not going to be prescriptive in defining how that work must done.

Now that my minor political rant/rationale is out of of the way (I thank you for your indulgence), let’s get to what my goals are for Stranger Luck in 2026.

2026 Goals

1. Centralize writing on this account.

My writing is scattered across multiple accounts. It is not easy to manage. Honestly, it slows me down, and I end up not posting as much as I should. I will always have a professional presence that I keep separate from this space. I do this not out of a sense of shame, but more to keep a clear delineation between those spaces. It also helps to reiterate the point that whatever I post here does not reflect on the people I work with in a professional capacity. It is solely mine.

Someday, I would like for these two spaces to merge, but that is a long ways off if ever. I have a writing account that is better known (I am not a big deal anywhere - but better known than here). I could move there, but the content I write here is a significant departure from what I write there. It is easier to move here. That is what I am going to do. I want this to be my central presence online. I have been around for a year, but really quiet - so I am starting from scratch. I kind of like that.

2. More Erotica, more Poetry, more Flash Fiction, and more Role Play.

I need to write more. I love writing. I am a poet and short fiction author by training, but my creative focus shifted in grad school to other research contexts. Maybe someday I will share more there, but I ended up working in other spaces. I write a lot, but I don’t publish much even on my sites. That needs to change. The reason I created this account was to remove the barriers that my self-censor would use to stop me from posting something. Now I need to do that.

I also want to read more work. I am particularly interested in texts and audios that veer between erotica and porn or that play with aspects of desire and interest. This is not an exclusive requirement, but I am fascinated by the stories we tell about sex and desire. I want to hear about the hidden lusts we imagine and hide from view, shamed by a society that has a deeply toxic relationship with sexuality. I want to read work that resists that shame. There are so many of us out there who share similar lusts, pleasures, and desires. Nothing is as weird as you think. I have read so many stories from different authors all echoing similar desires, and I want to know more. Stories of sex and erotica are stories of humanity, and I am here for that.

Beyond that major focus, which will be the majority of my 2026 content, I also want to talk about science fiction, fantasy, horror, literature, and role play. Quite often, these are interlinked with erotica, but not always.

3. Play and Be Fearless

In the end, I want to play with my writing this year. I want to take risks and explore. I may write an audio script, or even doing some audio myself just for fun. Public speaking isn’t new for me. Performance isn’t new. This would be new, though.

That is just one idea. I have others, but the point here is that I want to approach 2026 and this site with a spirit of exploration, growth, and learning. I am not sure where that will take me, but I am curious to see.

Okay, this is good start. I think it sets a tone for where I want this to go in 2026. I have some initial nonfiction stuff coming up on horror and erotica that I want to talk about, and I am looking for copies of some HBO anthology series from the 1990s that I want to discuss as well.

I could go on, but this is already TLDR post for most of you. If you have read this far, thank you. I hope we get to chat, someday.

May your year be a great one!