I don't have any updates on becoming fabulously wealthy, but I am back at work after finishing my art course (which took up most of the year). Book sales have stayed at one a month with no promotion. It's at least stable, and better than dropping to nothing.
I've sent out some short stories and I'm working on the cozy mystery still. But I'm also taking a bit of a different direction, in looking at ways to self-publish art. My covers got a lot more attention than my writing, so it's a logical thing to try.
First up is exploring Zazzle. They do print-on-demand for art, on a wide range of things. By wide, anything from a postcard to cake pops. I've set up my basic store with some older images I had:
Zazzle store. This was mainly to get a feel for working with their site, but if anyone wants a shiny mushroom on a badge, there it is. I've also filed the tax paperwork with them, as I'm a UK resident. I won't be promoting it until I've got some new stuff done and filled out the store a bit more.
Second is working on an adult/all-ages colouring book. I'm aiming at a picture a day. Adding on some time for formatting and getting proof copies, this will maybe take a couple of months. I'll be using CreateSpace for this, and drawing lots of aliens. There are a fair number of self-pubbed ones in Amazon's top 100 in the category, so it's really down to whether people like the art. I hope so, as I can produce colouring books much faster than novels.