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Over the last month, I seem to have changed my mind on an almost daily basis regarding what this blog would be about. At the risk of sounding like a Friends episode list, there was:
- The one about what writers can learn from tech startups
- The one about how I got the first critique back on my new YA novel and how I've started the book again but it's OK because it’s actually much better for it.
- The one about how I’m not going to send the completed book to any agents or publishers and have resolved to self-publish from the outset.
- The one about mental health, mortality and suicide, inspired by the tragic death of my teenage hero, Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell.
- The one about awards, because I realised that the Notes from the Slushpile team have an amazing FOUR Crystal Kite Awards among them and aren’t they all crazy talented?
Any and none of these may still become blog posts in the future, of course. But what I realised I actually wanted to blog about was difficulty of choosing between these options. When you have a surfeit of good ideas but limited time available, how do you choose the one idea to go forward with?
