{"id":1006,"date":"2014-01-02T11:40:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/dangeroustalk\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2014-01-07T11:29:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T16:29:43","slug":"new-years-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/dangeroustalk\/2014\/01\/02\/new-years-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"My New Year\u2019s Hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014-new-year-resolution\"<\/a>Yeah, I know everyone\u2019s got a New Year\u2019s resolution that they probably won\u2019t keep, so I am going to label mine as \u201chopes\u201d \u2013 because that is really what resolutions end up being anyway and I always strive to live in reality.<\/p>\n

For starters, I want to thank everyone who has supported my efforts over the last year. All the financial contributions I have received really helped. But more than that, I really appreciate everyone who shared my Skeptic Ink posts and Examiner & HuffPo articles and I hope that this year I will continue to write content that you find share-worthy. I also really appreciate your comments particularly in the comment sections of the articles as opposed to just on Facebook. I hope to be open to your suggestions and constructive criticism.<\/p>\n

I am really hoping to have a chapter in two different skeptic\/atheist books published in 2014. I can\u2019t really give any details on this yet, but it is in the works and currently out of my control. On a similar note \u2013 and this is more in my control \u2013 I am hoping to publish my first book this year. It will be a blog-to-book format, drawing from some of my favorite posts with updated material and maybe a new chapter or two as well. I just have to find the time to finish working on it and getting it out there.<\/p>\n

Then there are my other book projects. I have been very slowly working on about half a dozen book ideas featuring completely new material. My problem is that I am pretty unfocused with these. I tend to think that one of these projects is awesome, work feverishly on it, and then find a different awesome book project to work feverishly on. I go back and forth between them and never end up getting any of them finished. So maybe this year I can get at least one of these projects done and find a publisher for at least one of them this year.<\/p>\n

I am also hoping to write more Examiner articles this year. I have been kind of lax with Examiner lately and I feel bad about that. Their support team sometimes drives me crazy and that can be discouraging. Still, I miss my journalistic tendencies and I feel that I have let a lot of my regular readers down by not publishing there more frequently.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, 2014 will be a productive year and we can make the world a better place than it was in 2013. That’s always the goal. Let’s create more rational minded individuals this year.<\/p>\n

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