Paul Whybrow
Full Member
- Jun 20, 2015
Today, I found this article on Woody Guthrie’s 1943 New Year’s resolutions via an article in The Guardian
I chose fun over drudgery – and ran off to live at sea
Mark Twain reckoned that:
As 2020 began, I decided that it was about time to venture forth into an ocean of self-promotion. I was midway through writing my sixth Cornish Detective novel—why write more when readers didn’t know about them?
Then Covid-19 virus took hold of the world about the same time as I lost the manuscript of my latest story. Initially heartbroken, I soon realised that my plotline of wandering assassins would be impossible in a UK of face masks, tiers and travel restrictions.
So, I decided to do something constructive with the year, which was turning my crime series into audiobooks. My saga can be found in this thread:
https://colony.litopia.com/threads/narrating-blues.7939/
As 2021 looms my New Year’s resolution is pinched from 2020: to self-promote like a shameless fiend!![Ogre :ogre: :ogre:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/people/ogre.png)
I don’t want to do this—I’d much rather my eBooks and audiobooks found adoring appreciation by magic!
I’m going to follow Charlie Brown’s advice:
What are your New Year’s resolutions?
I chose fun over drudgery – and ran off to live at sea
Mark Twain reckoned that:
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As 2020 began, I decided that it was about time to venture forth into an ocean of self-promotion. I was midway through writing my sixth Cornish Detective novel—why write more when readers didn’t know about them?
Then Covid-19 virus took hold of the world about the same time as I lost the manuscript of my latest story. Initially heartbroken, I soon realised that my plotline of wandering assassins would be impossible in a UK of face masks, tiers and travel restrictions.
So, I decided to do something constructive with the year, which was turning my crime series into audiobooks. My saga can be found in this thread:
https://colony.litopia.com/threads/narrating-blues.7939/
As 2021 looms my New Year’s resolution is pinched from 2020: to self-promote like a shameless fiend!
![Ogre :ogre: :ogre:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/people/ogre.png)
I don’t want to do this—I’d much rather my eBooks and audiobooks found adoring appreciation by magic!
I’m going to follow Charlie Brown’s advice:
What are your New Year’s resolutions?