Within a few hours, one of the worst years of my life will thankfully be over but please do not despair on my behalf. My pickle has not fallen off its burger and the fried egg of happiness has not totally slid off the greasy plate of joy. The next year will be a battle, as it will be for all of you out there, to achieve things that you wish to achieve in spite of the forces set against you.

'The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.'- Ernest Hemingway

You may have child care issues making creativity and free time things that seem like only others can aspire to. Tip: Take out your frustrations in your writing, in your acting, in your art or whatever form of work you have chosen to do.

Yes, life is unfulfilling sometimes, we get fed up with this that or whomever. There's never enough money, there's never enough time and on and on and on.

I need to fight against these excuses that lead me not to write, that send me out to the coffee shop to write and where I waste my time promoting books or writing witty little sentences on twitter

'There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.' - Ernest Hemingway

Make 2013 your best year ever. Despise distraction and write and create, even one line a day, and I for one will come and see your play, watch your film and read your book.

And Remember:

'I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always
to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and
let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.' - Ernest Hemingway

If you want to read any of mine, search Dean Scurlock at Amazon kindle store online.