Resolutions 2014

It’s that time of year!

I won’t lie. For me, 2013 was a pretty damn good year. There were bad points here and there (the incident with the blood diamonds and the nuns was a particular low) but overall I was pleased with it. However, there are things I plan to do in order to make 2014 continue in a similar vein, or be even better; I aim for self-improvement, for even I (and I appreciate this may come as a shock to you, dear reader) can improve myself further. How to do this? With a list, as this is, of course, the internet and everyone loves lists.

Resolution 1 – Read more books by women writers

As highlighted by my Female Writers’ Month segment back over the summer, the balance between the number of male authors that I read and female authors wasn’t really, well, balanced. Female Writers’ Month was a resounding success, however, and if nothing else proved that there are some really great women writers out there. In the spirit of this, and in that of general egalitarianism, I am endeavouring to read more books written by female authors. Hell, as it stands the writers I’ve read have this year have been 100% female, so there we go! (Yes, it counts if I’ve only read one book so far this year. Of course it does. Stop being silly. Stop it! Stop it at once!)

Resolution 2 – Blog more

Yeah, keeping this thing up to date has been…patchy. I generally seem to have had bursts of activity followed by long periods of stillness, so I’m going to do my best to make sure that this gets sustained, regular updates.

Resolution 3 – Drink less coffee

Seriously, if I keep it up at the rate I’ve been going at I’m pretty sure my kidneys are going to implode sometime around June, collapsing in on themselves in a caffeine-based singularity that will consume the planet and drag it screaming into the unknown realms beyond the universe. And that would be bad.

Resolution 4 – Draw more

I may currently be only a halfway decent drawer, but with practice, and the wondrous powers of technology, I might just graduate to full decent.

Resolution 5 – Get my book accepted by a publisher

It’s in the redrafting phase right now, it should be feasible. Please god let it be feasible.

Resolution 6 – Write another book

Make it faster, stronger, better than ever before! And do so while cackling to the backdrop of a storm!

Resolution 7 – Cease to sup upon the tears of the antelope under the light of the full moon

It’s a bad habit I need to break, and ever since London Zoo hired more security guards it’s been harder than ever to sustain. Not to mention that while dual puncture wounds from antelope horns may look incredibly badass, they do hurt. Being stabbed by a hundred kilos of pissed of ungulate is never fun.

 

 

There they are. My suggested resolution for you, dear reader? Try being as great as I am; you won’t manage it (it’s scientifically impossible) but simply trying is a guarantee to improve your current greatness by at least 20%. That’s twenty whole percentiles! Isn’t that exciting?