{"id":535,"date":"2011-01-01T14:43:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T14:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=535"},"modified":"2011-01-01T14:43:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T14:43:22","slug":"starting-2011-right-and-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/starting-2011-right-and-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting 2011 Off Right … and 'Write'"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this introvert who rarely ventures forth into polite company, or even impolite company, last night was especially uncommon: I had two New Year’s Eve parties to attend.<\/p>\n

First was a soiree hosted by James Maxey<\/a>, featuring many of our fellow Codex Writers<\/a> who live in North Carolina. (Last year James convinced us all to go to breakfast together on New Year’s Day, and he’s hosted movie nights and other parties — he’s a great instigator of these get-togethers.) Terrific conversation, some truly excellent food, and of course some folks were just arriving when I was getting ready to leave for the next event. C’est la vie.<\/p>\n

Driving at 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve is quite pleasant, because hardly anyone else is on the road. So I made good time getting to the second party, a small gathering of folks from North Cary Baptist Church<\/a>. I arrived too late for the games, but still found plenty of wonderful food to eat, and it was good to ring in the New Year with family and friends.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to this morning. As usual, I was the first person awake in the house, so after feeding the dog and the cat I decided to start off 2011 by adding a few paragraphs to the short story I’ve been writing. I didn’t write much — maybe 150 words — so the gesture was more symbol than substance, but it feels good to have started the year doing what I think I’m supposed to be doing.<\/p>\n

And with that, I wish for all of you a 2011 that starts off right, gets progressively better, and ends with spectacular success.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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