…and all through the house
Were the remnants of wrapping
And bags to fill a warehouse!
I can’t believe it’s only a week until Christmas.
Normally I spend some time around now thinking about the strengths of my writing year and areas I can develop in the next, but this year went way off plan and never got back on track. I don’t see the point in reviewing a year in which all my intentions went awry!
So I will focus on two specific positives of the year…
The first is the crime writing convention back in April. I found it thought-provoking and it made me want to go to more events like it. We all know that the year didn’t work that way, but I still want to go to more, and I am intending to go to the 2017 Classic Crime event in June 2017. Hopefully more than just the one, in fact! I don’t think I realised at the time quite how useful the day would be going forward.
The second is getting back into writing after my rubbish summer. I may not be where I want to be but it would have been so easy to admit defeat some of those days, and I got back on the horse. Yes, the horse is a bit of a scraggly old thing but it’s moving, and that is important. I always say you can’t edit a blank page, and that is particularly relevant when things are going badly. Any writing, however rough and ready, is better than none.
Two things don’t seem much of an outcome for 12 months, but both represent something important in my year: the first, a change in direction and in perception; the second a challenge I won. It might not be reflected in word counts or books read but I’m still here, still writing, still being inspired. That’s a major success in my book!
I don’t expect to have any time to pop back before Christmas but I will prepare a suitably cheery post for Thursday, at least.
Whatever you are doing for the next fortnight, I hope it’s a happy, healthy and peaceful time for you all.
And I promise 2017 will be a more energised year on here. I did ask Father Christmas for my mojo back, after all…!!
Happy Writing,
EJ
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