It's 11:16 as I write this, but close enough. Happy New Year, and may you change the aspects of your life that need changing as easily as you turn over a new page on your calendar. (I got a Giger 2007 one the day after Xmas for half price.)
I'm turning over a whole year's worth of new pages of late, and if/when I can finally blog about all that's gone on for the past few months and will be going on during the next year, it'll be quite an interesting recap. Suffice to say, lots of new things, lots of new directions, and lots of major changes. Some of them even have the potential to be good.
I can say that I'm working quite a bit on my novel and that I will be sending out query letters to a bunch of agents in the weeks to come. I don't know if any author ever really feels that they're ready, but I feel more ready than I have in the past, and I am definitely ready for my writing career (the part where I get paid for it) to finally get underway.
Unfortunately, I'm far more confident in the quality of my novel than in the quality of my query letters, but I suppose it's better to think I'll get published once I finally find a good agent, rather than knowing I'll get an agent who would then discover their new client had nothing worth selling.
In other news, the world continues to turn, US soldiers and Iraqi terrorists/freedom fighters continue to die for the stubborn vanity of stupid old white men in Washington, year end best of lists continue to be composed, and lots of football games continue to entertain the easily-entertained. Including me; there were two early and two late games on here yesterday (first time ever?) and I even had the fun of watching the 49ers beat the Donkeys in overtime, thus sending Kansas City into the playoffs, Colts fans into a funk, and Larry Johnson's career into an early twilight. Tomorrow brings another six or eight bowl games, and while I have no particular idea when they are or who is playing, I'll enjoy vegging out, eating left over pizza, and clicking between games during the morning and/or afternoon.
Join me! Or don't; it's a holiday after all, and you should waste the hours as you see fit.
I'd make some resolutions here, but most of them would be personal and make no sense to anyone reading. I'm not even going to resolve to get published, since events have moved well beyond the stage that I can make something as simple as a NYR about it. I would resolve to try new things and embrace new experiences, but that would be like a person on a sinking ship resolving to enjoy the cool embrace of the sea. So I'll just resolve to meet and greet new stuff as best I can, and to work more on my writing than I ever have before. And yes, I say this every year, but this time I mean it. No, really!
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