On Blank Slates

Posted on December 28, 2009

I don’t really do New Year’s Resolutions. Not sure why, but it’s something I’ve never really got around to doing. Maybe there’s a reason for it, and maybe there isn’t. I guess it’s not important.

What is important to me is the start of a new year and everything that comes with it. Even more importantly, there’s everything that gets left behind. 2009 wasn’t a great year for me. It was right up there with 2008 on the “Awful Shit” scale. It’s my sincere hope that 2010 is an improvement.

Okay, so 2009 wasn’t all bad. It saw the release of my first short story collection, Broken Skin. I published additional short stories in Shroud, Cemetery Dance, the first issue of Brian Keene’s newsletter Of Keene Interest, and at Horror World. I sold He Stepped Through to Bloodletting Books, and two other books have been snatched up by another small press, though contracts haven’t been signed on those. My writing took several strong steps forward, thanks to the help and advice of great friends.

But y’know what? 2010 feels like a blank slate. I can do anything I want with it, and I think I will. I’ll still be writing, and I’ll continue to improve as a writer. I’ll still be living, and I’ll continue to improve as a person. That’s good enough, I think. Don’t really need any resolutions for that.

Have a great 2010, everybody. May it be better than your 2009.

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