I read a lot of blogs. Specifically book blogs. I read agents and authors and publishers, I read articles on querying and book sales even though I haven’t even finished editing my currently gorgeous novel (but beware, said gorgeous novel/manuscript is also sometimes referred to as crappy and terrible and sending me through bi-polar bouts of euphoria and depression). And if there’s one thing I know, us aspiring authors have to start the marketing shtick early, aka, now, and writing lots of personal posts that even I pretty much care nothing about isn’t really going to help the situation. So I decided a revamping is in order and, since New Year’s is rolling around the bend, now seems a good time to start hoping that I haven’t set myself up to fail.
On that note, look forward to this blog being not only an aspiring author’s personal journey into the scary world of trying to write a frickin BOOK in these hard economic times, but also as a weekly or biweekly digest of what’s going on in the publishing world. This could mean me talking about how I have too much pride and too little $$$ to ever buy a kindle, or half laughing myself silly/worrying myself over the fact that apparently book promoting is for writers too, which means you actually have to step out into the world (NO!) and frickin market yourself, maybe even by yourself (bleh….) Where hath the day goneth when a writer could type away in her hovel of a working space without being subjected to anyone?
So yes, all I want for 2010 (doesn’t that seem like such a magical number, as if everything should change and stop being so poor and pessimistic?) is diligence, diligence, diligence. That’s the only way a crazy student like me can expect to write all of these lovely posties and edit her oh-my-god-will-never-be-able-to-finish-this manuscript. Sigh. And I have to apply to college? NO FAIR.
Best of luck for all of you trying to make resolutions that you really really hope (and secretly doubt/don’t want to doubt just in case that jinxes it) you’ll be able to keep 
The revamp sounds cool, good luck in 2010!
Thanks, good luck yourself!