CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a Christmas acrostic about Santa's Homecoming to a cautionary poem about hopes for the New Year. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2019. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hopes for the New Year Happy New Year! My head is exploding. I drank all the punch and my mind is eroding, or is it that I had red wine and champers, to go with a dinner that came from a hamper as we picnicked away up on the hill watching the fireworks from the sky earthward spill Or maybe it was the beer and the pasties I ate for my lunch while I got ready to party for New Year’s Eve is bigger than Christmas as we stay up ‘til midnight and to hell with the aftermath! Happy New Year My head is exploding My hopes riding high, drowning out my forboding that last year was hard, the year before was mu...

I think I’ll call 2018 ‘ The Year of Getting My Shit Together ’… or something like that. I don’t know, yet. My only real writing goal is to establish a sustainable writing and publishing schedule, and the start of a better work-life balance. Why only the start? Because this year is the first year of being full-time in the writing business, and the first year of any business is a year of hard work, as the business is established. The schedule is likely to be a little crazy for at least the first six months, and probably right up until this time next year. After that, I’m hoping to be able to drop back to something more lifestyle friendly. Other goals? To continue to build and maintain my fitness and health. To spend a bit more time with my family. Apart from that, I have some more specific writing goals. They are, as follows: To publish at least fortnightly, with one short story and one chapter book coming out each month. To try and publish a novel every quarter. To begin wr...