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Monday, January 5, 2015

Dispatch #32: New Year's Resolutions

by Lupe Fernandez

I, the Foreign Correspondent stationed in the Northern Hinderlands, hereby resolve in the Year of Our Lord 2015 to:

  • Use the letter L more often.
  • Unflinchingly delete adverbs from my manuscripts.
  • Use less sparkly adjectives.
  • Remember I comes before C, except after E.
  • Finish my lessons in Finnish.
  • Complete editing a manuscript.
  • Stop procrastinating by watching YouTube; I'm on this kick of Parks & Recreation excerpts. The cast is funny; Amy Poehler hilarious and Aubrey Plaza and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPr936y2veQ 
  • Read more young adult books, except the ones where the guy looks good in jeans and always has a smoldering look.
  • Read more middle grade books, except the ones that have...you know what I mean.
  • Wash less dishes.
  • Wash more laundry.
  • Practice patience with crowded refrigerators.
  • Check my posts for spelling errors.
  • Eat more broccoli.
  • Avoid eggplants. It doesn't taste like egg at all.
  • Write more query letters.
  • Submit.
  • Submit.
  • Submit.
  • Stop crying at rejection letters.
  • Stop complaining about rejections letters.
  • Embrace my inner orange juice.
  • Cast out the demons of declinations.
  • Find a location for a local SCBWI schmooze.
  • Write serious posts for Pen & Ink that do not wonder aimlessly or include vacation photos or cute cat photos.

8 comments:

  1. I'm adopting seven of these for my own.

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    1. Susan,
      You have excellent taste in New Year's Resolutions.
      Sincerely,
      Auld Angst I'm

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  2. Fun fun fun!
    Dawne Knobbe

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    1. Fun is another New Year's Resolution.
      Sincerely,
      Nap Time

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  3. Don't you mean I comes before E except after C?

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    1. Janet,
      Thank you for the correction. I'll make that another resolution.
      Sincerely,
      Grammer Goofball

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  4. I'm with you on almost all of these! Especially eggplant... ;)

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    1. Kathy,
      Great Minds resolve alike.
      Sincerely,
      Anti-Asparagus League

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