These were my writing goals I set up last year.
What I really did:
Posted 2 OWWW Critiques per month
Added a few thousand words to my non-NaNo novel and gave it a new title.
Decided to rewrite Tricker Treats into a graphic novel, but haven’t done so yet.
Wrote half a novel during NaNoWriMo (still 50K words!)
Sumissions: 0
This was a year for everything except my creative writing– we moved, we got the new kitten, I joined the SCA, we lost 2 pets, I started vlogging and began a new business…. basically, everything except creative writing.
Oh, well. Maybe next year.
From this article:
There is nothing in the Gospels about battling other parents for the last XBox 360 or knocking down other shoppers to get to discounted personal computers. There are no Christmas sales in the New Testament, nor is there instruction on returning the items you didn’t like. There are no guidelines on the dubious practice of “re-gifting.” (If you look closely, however, you can probably find admonitions against cursing out the motorist who got to that one empty parking space before you.)
So what difference does it make if retailers refer to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or holidays? Merchants are not in the business of spiritual uplift. Those who are looking for that would do well to spend a little less time at the mall.
By the way, I already regifted something this season. It was a book. My sekrit bunneh gave it to me. I read it, loved it, and am giving it to someone I love because I know she would love it, too. I’m not sorry, and I would do it again.
