Tiger: Good morning, everyone! I'm glad to be a part of author Marie Lamba's blog tour for her latest YA book, Drawn. Here's her awesome guest post on the subject of New Year�s resolutions. :-)
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Going Forth with Resolution
Guest post by Marie Lamba, author of Drawn
Guest post by Marie Lamba, author of Drawn
For a lot of us, January means more than just changing the way we date checks. It�s about change, pure and simple. New year, new goals. People quit smoking, hit the gym, start writing that novel they always vowed they�d write. They promise to change the way they view the world, or to take the world by storm in some way.
For me, for many years, my New Year�s resolution was: This year, I�m going to get a book accepted for publication. It was a silly resolution for many reasons. First of all, it was in too many ways out of my control. Sure, I could write the best book possible, and submit it to as many agents or editors as possible, but after that? Completely out of my hands. Second of all, it was a silly resolution because it could be seriously discouraging. How could I set a deadline for something that could take a month or 10 years to accomplish? Yet I made this resolution for myself year after year after year�after year. Until I just stopped making this, or any resolution at all.
Happily, I didn�t stop working on my craft or submitting my work. (Note to the nearly discouraged writers out there�my first novel took 10 years to write and never sold, but my second novel DID sell, and pretty fast�so please take heart and stick to your dreams no matter how long they take.)
Nowadays, I still don�t make resolutions. It�s not because I don�t have goals or things I want changed. I think it has more to do with the fact that I have TOO many goals, and I�m already just too busy trying to make all of them happen. A big goal this year is getting the word out about my newest novel Drawn, which is a paranormal YA about a teen artist who draws and then falls for a medieval ghost with a sketchy past. My other huge goals include teaching others the craft of writing through workshops and classes and conferences, and working extra hard at my newest career: that of an Associate Literary Agent for The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency in NYC.
Plus I�m also trying to be a decent mom to my two daughters, to not neglect my rather nutty poodle Ella, and I�m trying to make SOME decent meals for my family so they won�t fade away while I�m lost hovering over my keyboard. Then there�s the war against the dust bunnies in my house. The bunnies are armed and dangerous, and are currently on the attack�hear that gacking sound in the background? That�s Ella the poodle choking a bit, alas.
Also, there�s that dreaded Y membership. The one my husband uses so much his membership tag has worn thin. The one I use so rarely, that when I do, people there say to me, �Oh, are you coming back to the gym now? Good for you!� The other day my dear husband informed me about a new study which proves that people who sit all day are much more likely to grow fat cells in their butt. When he told me this, I sat in front of my laptop blinking at him, trying not to ponder what, exactly, he was trying to communicate to me�
But ah well, right? No resolutions here. What will be, will be and all that!
EXCEPT, I would like to promise myself that this year I will come up with a brand new novel idea, and that I�ll actually start and finish said brand new novel. I�m tossing around an idea right now�sort of a Bridget Jones-ish type of character but set in Philly. I might call it The Temp�or not. IF I made resolutions, then this would be a good one. That I would squeeze between the dust-bunnies and the growing fat cells (so sorry for the unfortunate visual!) a new novel , and give it the time needed for it to develop and shape (stop thinking about those fat cells), and I�d clean the draft up (begone dreaded dust bunnies), and I�d send it out into the world, come what may.
Also, I would like to promise myself that I�ll actually get up from my laptop more often to step outside into the fresh air as a way of getting inspiration for even more writing.
But I don�t make resolutions. I DO NOT.
So, what sort of resolutions are you NOT making this year?
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Tiger: Thanks for sharing, Marie! I'm currently navigating my way around resolutions/non-resolutions, myself. Readers, you can look below for more info about this wonderful author and her newest book, Drawn!
Marie Lamba(marielamba.com) is author of acclaimed young adult novels including What I Meant� (Random House), Over My Head, and the new paranormal YA novel Drawn. When she isn�t writing or exercising like a maniac at the gym, she�s working as an Associate Literary Agent at The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency in NYC.
About Drawn:
Teen artist Michelle De Freccio moves to England in search of a normal life...instead she finds a hot medieval ghost with a sketchy past.
It all begins when a strange guy appears in Michelle's drawings. When she actually meets him at the town�s castle, she's unmistakably drawn to him. But something is definitely not right. For starters, he wears medieval garb, talks of ancient murders and tends to disappear each time they kiss.
Could he possibly be a ghost? Could Michelle be losing her mind? Or has she simply uncovered a love so timeless it�s spanned the centuries�
�A lushly romantic ghost story�captivating and haunting. I didn�t want it to end.� �Cyn Balog, author of paranormal YA novels Fairy Tale, Sleepless, and Starstruck
"...a wonderfully spooky tale of romance and discovery. It�s a magical exploration of the unconquerable power of love. Highly recommended!� �Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot& Ruin and Dust & Decay
�In DRAWN, Marie Lamba deftly entwines romance and mystery, past and present, into a page-turning adventure. Buy it today and I promise you�ll be finished reading far too quickly!� �Joy Nash USA Today bestselling paranormal romance author of The Immortals series, The Grail King and The Unforgiven
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