The new year is literally right around the corner. We all set New Year resolutions for ourselves. They do not always get accomplished. Maggie Stiefvater shared her resolutions for 2013 on Tumblr. She even tell’s us which one’s she accomplished.
One of Maggie’s resolutions is to write Raven Boys III. She blurred the name of it and has since changed it.
Check out Maggie’s below:
Oh, bitter, bitter, Anon.
For starters, why are you still Anon? I thought we talked about this.
Secondly, you have selected the wrong author to commiserate with over New Year’s Resolutions, as I have made resolutions every year since I was a teenager.
Thirdly, I always keep promises to myself, because I like myself. Why would I lie to me, my dearest friend? What would I do to myself if I couldn’t trust myself to do the things I say?
Fourthly, I have just crossed my office and retrieved my resolutions from last year to see how I did.
Not bad, Anon. I didn’t do bad at all.
I did #1-2. I changed #3 to SINNER in March. #4 is Raven Boys III — that’s not the title anymore, but I blurred it out anyway, to look enigmatic. I did #5 and they took away my teeth. Well, some of them. #6? In a very kind-hearted way, I allowed someone to use my future (music) studio space as a place to store their moving boxes, but I have acquired all of my studio stuff and it lurks in my basement, waiting.
I did not do #7.
I did #8. I did #9 — I finished it yesterday. I dragged out all the brush and trees I murdered with saws and the first week of January I shall burn their bodies with my friends in a giant LET’S-BURN-THINGS-RITUALLY-BONFIRE on a mountaintop. I also did #10. Man, some of #10 I can’t wait to show you.
I did not do #11.
I did the hell out of #12. For the first half of the year, I even brought them with me on tour and when I traveled to research books and I practiced for 30 minutes to an hour every day.
I do not lie to myself, Anon. And you shouldn’t either. Go make the damn list.
I can’t believe how inspirational this is.