• @miiru it was good. Dark, a little sweet with a high alcohol content. Chocolatey. #
• Another day, another distressing commute. All day in training today. Maybe KGB tonight. #
• @cwtweets you play? I didn’t know that. #
• I probably need a new job. A new kind of job. Something new. #
• @ethereallad I’ve been there too. Good luck. #
• Having a beer at Jimmys No 43 before the KGB fantastic fiction reading. Fucking cold out. But very beery inside. #
• @cwtweets I love piano. #

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• I can’t get a decent stream on the interwebs. Dammit. #
• BBC seems to be the best. Just saw the swearing in. #
• Listening to U2’s One and poss with the exception of the beginning, that song could be about Bush. Sorta. #
• Should I try the Obamagang inauguration ale? I think if at all it should be today. #

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• @edenrobins I have to say the first one has a certain something. The last one is my least favorite. #
• @edenrobins seems a lot of writers have sites that don’t contain their names. But I’m not one to talk. OTOH site names stick more early on. #
• @edenrobins on the other hand #
• I understand I just had a week and a half off for the holidays, but I’d have traded one of those days for today. Because it’s important. #
• Finally getting down to novel revisions, though right now I’m writing a new chapter one. #

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• Ready to brave the cold and snow for some soy milk. At least my heat should be working soon. #
• @nkjemisin Me, too. I’m still waiting to hear on a press pass, though, which doesn’t bode well. #
• New post on Tor.com: http://tinyurl.com/8wmotl #
• @spitkitten Late reply. I know what I did wrong, I just messed up my attempt at a tor.com post. I know better for next time, though. #
• My writing desk is the coldest place in my apartment. #
• I am really digging Fleet Foxes. #

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I’m usually not one for resolutions. Even when I used to make them, I would keep them to myself. But I learned last year that sometimes stating a goal out loud helps the brain to prioritize it better. That by proclaiming your intent to the world that maybe, just maybe, you might be more likely to achieve that goal, and if not, at least you’ll come closer than if you keep it to yourself unsaid.

At Clarion West, Chuck Palahniuk had us all do that, to state writing goals to one another, and to keep doing that on a regular basis. He related that of the people in his writing workshop, those that stated goals went on to much greater success than those who didn’t.

So here, in no particular order, are my resolutions/goals for this year:

– I will set aside some time every day for writing. At least twenty minutes a day, though the overall goal is more.

– I will get back to an exercise routine, but focusing on things I can do at any time (without access to a gym, for example). This may include running, but will definitely include situps, pushups, and handheld weight work.

– I will spend more time on music. And record my songs. I commit to a goal of recording one song a month. That’s practically an album’s worth by the end of the year.

– I will be better about external responsibilities (I took on a lot of new tasks last year – many of them web-related and I’m mostly referring to these – blogging, articles, editorial tasks, etc.) If I can’t fit it into my schedule, I’ll turn it down.

– I will say NO more often. Not committing to something is often better than committing and not being able to follow through.

– I will devote less attention to other people’s successes and failures (which doesn’t mean I won’t celebrate the success of friends and loved ones, but mostly that I will be less envious and covetous).

– I will be more honest.

– I will not listen to my fears.

– I will write another novel in 2009

More to come as they take shape.