Tuesday, January 1, 2013

My Blogging and Reading Plans for 2013


My blog consists now of about 60 to 70 percent posts on short stories and the rest on novels with a bit of non-fiction.  I expect this to stay pretty much the same in 2013.  My posts on short stories will be organized around my various reading projects.  I hope to publish at least 25 short stories in 2013.

I hope to have 1.5 million page views in 2013.

I am currently reading two classics, Bleak House and A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man and hope to finish them in January.  I will continue to read contemporary literary fiction, classics,  modern fiction, Asian novels, and lots of short stories.  I will read some non-fiction, biographies, history and literary criticism also.


I hope to discover lots of great new to me writers.


I am open to joint ventures and hope to have more guest posts in 2013.

In March I will host Irish Short Story Week Year Three.


"I'll try to keep things from being too
dull"-Carmilla

I hope to develop more contacts and increase my technical competency.

If you have any suggestions as to how to improve my blog, please let me know.




4 comments:

Rohan Shedage said...

I am not as committed reader as you, nor do I make resolutions. But I plan to read Tagore, Kahlil Gibran and O Henry in particular..


Will keep an eye at your space...happy new year :)

The Insouciant Sophisticate said...

Excited to see what you think of Bleak House-it's one of the few Dickens books I've read and know something about. Here's to a happy reading 2013!

Mel u said...

Rohan Shedage -thanks very much for your comment-I have done several posts on Tagore-I see myself not as
making resolutions but plans

Parrish Lantern-at most I will run Irish Short story week for a month-or that is what I say now! thanks again for your many comments

Mrs B-there are just so many great books out there waiting to be read

Bookwork1858-thanks for your comment-I hope your reading year is also good

Prashant C. Trikannad said...

Mel, you ended 2012 on a terrific note, especially with Project 196, and I can imagine how exciting 2013 must be for you. I'll be here to read your reviews of short stories from all over the world. My only suggestion is this: keep them coming. I hope you have a wonderful year!

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