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.
