When my author friend Jessica Bell asked friends on Facebook the other day to summarise their creative intentions for 2017, my reply made me realise that this year I’m hoping everything will be coming in threes:
- the first three novels in my Sophie Sayers Village Mystery series (one two drafted, started the third already, but much editing needed before publication)
- the first three short chapter books in my new Teashop Twins series
- three collections of short stories (to be written as palate-cleansers between the novels)
- to make the third Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival the biggest and best year (Saturday 22nd April, folks – write it in your new diary now!)
- I’m also adopting the classic writers’ habit of morning pages – three sides of A5 first thing on waking, to help me keep in touch with my subconscious and decide where I want to go next
And finally, I have one one-off ambition: to sustain a tidy, clean house that I don’t feel I have to apologise to visitors for. But on the other hand, the housework can wait. I can always just lower my standards some more.
Whatever your plans are for 2017, I wish you a happy, productive and peaceful one.
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And here’s me, sweating over one piddly book! Also, I believe that household germs build character. Or something like that.
Wow, what an achievement for one short year. I know you can do it, Debbie!
Thanks for your vote of confidence, Bernadette! I will report back this time next year to let you know how I got on…
Ever the optimist – wish you could pass me some over! Ever the pessimist, me … not through choice … just hoping I might complete Love You to theMoon by theendof the year … and that my new e-book covers sell some copies!
I’m working on the basis that if I keep telling myself I’ll do it, and sharing my plan in public, I’m more likely to make it work! Maybe that’s worth a try for you… 😉
Oh Debbie, never apologise for the state of your house – you have far better things to spend your time on! As long as you can (eventually) find what you’re looking for, and as long as no-one dies of food poisoning, there’s nothing to worry about.
As for your “year of threes”, I wish plenty of power to your elbow – but for writing, not dusting!
Best wishes from Susan
Susan, you’re my kind of house-guest – you can come and visit any time, no advance warning necessary! 😉