Resolutions

Every year I make New Years Resolutions. They are actually goals for my writing which stretch me just a bit. Without goals I would write six stories a year, and submit none of them. I usually attend two conferences a year. I enter a contests or two because I work well to a deadline.

At the start of 2010 I set goals of writing 12 short stories, submitting 6. When I counted up my work for the year I had 13 short stories and 7 submissions.

So, in 2011, I will work on another rewrite of my novel and submit it at least once. I will write a short story each month. That should be manageable. I am already half way through story number one, and dashed off a second 500 word opus yesterday, instead of submitting this blog.

I do have one fall back resolution. I make it every year and keep it faithfully so by the end of the year if the others have not gone well, this one makes me feel like a success. I will not smoke cigarettes.