Happy New Year – Resolution, Hope and Fear

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Have you ever been so busy you end up doing nothing at all? Whenever you begin a task you so feel bad about all the other jobs you should be doing that there’s nothing for it but to have a little lie down. I swear, it’s amazing I get up at all sometimes.

So Inflatable Ink has been on hiatus for the last month or so thanks to post-nano exhaustion, college commitments, a day job, contract work, my own writing, and yet another trans-Atlantic trip.

On the up side, audible.com recognized my obsessive reading habits this holiday and kindly gave me a three month account to pass on. That means free audio books with no commitment. It’s not like one of those introductory offers which force you to enter credit card details at the start and then ‘accidentally’ charge you when the period is up. No card information is required and there’s no automatic billing. Apparently they also offer something called personalized concierge setup.. which probably isn’t a man in a peaked cap turning up and adjusting your device. But you never know.

To be entered leave a comment to this post telling me about a resolution, a hope and a fear for 2012, writing-related or otherwise. If you don’t want the prize, leave a comment anyway–it would be great to hear from you, and just mention you’ll pass on the freebie. I’ll draw the winner at random on Saturday 21 January at 6pm GMT.

Here are mine:

Resolution: To write smarter. To finish then submit the projects I start.
Hope: That I’ll make a short story sale, or place in a competition.
Fear: That I’ll spin my wheels, start a hundred projects, gather some nice comments in workshops, and get precisely nowhere. Time’s getting on. Tick tock.

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2 Responses to Happy New Year – Resolution, Hope and Fear

  1. Well, mine aren’t as amusing as yours, mattz, but here goes anyway..

    Resolution(s): To stop smoking. And, like you, to complete the projects I begin!
    Hope: That I’ll guess the right amount & varieties of vegetables to grow in my garden this year.
    Fear: That 2012 will be almost exactly like 2011. Slugs, cigarettes an’ all.

  2. here they are:
    Resolution:to work harder with my writing
    Hope:That I’ll finish a story
    Fear:That my hope won’t be achieved.

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