Goodbye, October!

October, like September, took forever. And yet, it flew past. Like where did the end of summer/start of fall go? How is it already November? How is 2020 already almost over? What the actual hell??

Just like 2019, I wanted to make some resolutions and (try to) stick to them. As a reminder, here were my updated resolutions.


2020 Resolutions:

     (1) Write [almost] every day

     (2) Don't stop reading

     (3) Complete something (e.g. a manuscript)

     (4) Share love of books/writing
     (5) Be kinder to myself

(1) Less than half. If at all. I counted querying as writing days...if that counts...

(2) Books read this month: 7. (Still have those three half-started books...And three more half-started...And a pile of I'll-Start-This-Tomorrow's...Plus two new huge piles of TBRs).

(3) Two Moves Ahead querying. Like straight up querying. I sent out around 23 query letters. So far, I got about 5-7 rejections. The first one was exciting. The second one was a hit to the gut. Three through five were just like "eh, what are you gonna do?". Still waiting....

(4) Posts this month (including this one): 13.

(5) I didn't try to exercise this month. There were days were I tried to eat better. There were days when I just didn't care. And mostly, I was okay with it. There were a few days were I hated my body because of it, but those feelings didn't last nearly as long as they did in the past.

Anyone still holding onto their resolutions?

Any exciting November reads?
Anything I should check out?

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