Sunday, April 24, 2011

Forty-Two

I turn forty-two today. I mention this not for birthday wishes and gifts (although I won't turn my nose up at those things) but because I had to change my age at the top of the blog and am reminded once more of how far behind I am in my goal. As ever, I'm not worried. Once I get all my Mangoes done for MuchoMangoMayo, I'll be throwing myself back into the story writing. As I mentioned in a previous post, the writing is coming more easily than ever. I'm completely confident that I can spin out all the first drafts I need to meet my goal. I'm not so sure I can spin out all the final drafts I need, but if I thought this would be a walk in the park, I wouldn't even be interested in it, would I?

And Happy Easter, if that's your thing!

6 comments:

ExpatPaul said...

Happy Birthday Matt and good luck with the writing - the stuff I have seen and heard from you so far has been very good indeed.

Tangentially, I turned 42 six months ago and I still haven't figured out what the question is.

Matthew Sanborn Smith said...

Hey, thanks a bunch, Paul! And I'm very happy to hear you're digging the writing.

Yes, a certain someone got all our hopes up for 42.

John D. said...

Happy Birthday, Matt!

Long live the Mango! (And the podcast, too, if you know what I mean.)

Matthew Sanborn Smith said...

Thanks, John! I've got a mango right here with your name on it.

Elke said...

Belated birthday congratulations! As ever, I appreciate your attitude toward the goal and the journey there. Maybe you can allow that walk in the park in your spare time...maybe later...

Matthew Sanborn Smith said...

Thank you, Elke!