New Year’s Day is perhaps one of the longest-running days to be celebrated since we’ve had a calendar. Marking the end of one year and the beginning of another, it offers a secular reason for people to celebrate together. It’s been a time associated with gift-giving, visiting friends, and attempting to predict the fortunes of […]
New Years Resolutions
5 Ways To Make Resolutions That Stick
We’re just four days into the New Year! If you’re a writer, you’ve probably made a dozen New Year’s resolutions related to your craft. You might find that you’re struggling to stick to them now that you’re away from your ‘holiday bubble’. Others have resolved to visit the gym three times a week, or to buy fewer pairs […]
Making Resolutions That Stick
We’re a week into the New Year, and if you’re a writer, you’ve no doubt composed a raft of New Year’s resolutions related to your craft – resolutions that you might find that you’re struggling to stick to now that you’re back into a routine at work and away from your ‘holiday bubble’. While others […]
So, 2013, we meet at last…
I asked the question on Twitter a few days ago about whether or not I should restrict myself to talking about writing, design and so on, or whether people would like to see more posts that express me as a person. I’m not very good at talking about myself on my blog, but I can’t […]
A New Year Dawns
It is now New Year’s Day, the first day of yet another new year, albeit one with the added bonus of an extra day. Of course, if you believe the conspiracy theorists, one extra day won’t make up for losing most of the year due to catastrophe, but I tend not to subscribe to the […]
2011 – New Year, Same Icy
So it’s finally 2011. I could sit here and dissect how well I maintained the resolutions I made in 2010 but I’d rather look forward than back. (For those who are interested, I managed two out of ten, but considering one of them was to master teleportation, that’s hardly surprising). I don’t actually like the […]
