My 2024 in Review (Part 2): Points of Light
Hello Funny People, Given that I spent last week's post ruminating on my failures from this past year, I wanted to pause and take a moment to reflect on what actually went well. Even in the darkest nights, the light of the stars might still pierce the gloom. And there were a few that I think are worth highlighting. By nature, I'm a depressive. I tend to always linger and focus on the negative. So, every once in a while, despite how against habit it is for me to reflect on the good things, I try to do so. And, frequently, I find myself realizing that I had far more successes than I realized. 2024 was no different. A) I Had Four Short Pieces Published This Year At the start of this year, because of how badly my three straight rejections left me feeling, I thought I was once again finished as a short fiction writer. Yet, that wasn't what ended up happening. Four new pieces by me (three of which, granted, were finished stories I was just trying to find a market for)...
