I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. Why wait for an appointed time to make a necessary change? But wedged between year-in-review lists and previews of the most-anticipated books of the coming year, my various timelines have been speckled with resolutions to write more, submit more, and publish more in 2023. To steel ourselves against impending rejection and to try and fail again. Some folks have resolved to publish in dream journals, others to meet quotas for word counts and even for rejections. Everywhere the implication that more or better publications will defend against that creeping certainty that we're not really writers unless we're publishing. No more messing around, we say, this will be the year. I wish the resolvers strength, perseverance, dozens of new credits, and millions of cheering fans, but, in this column, I want to offer some inspiration to those less interested in resolving to tick certain boxes, those who'd rather not publish, who aren't ready yet, or those who worry not playing the accounting game means they're wasting their time.
A great one!
Very nice. Thanks and happy New Year.