2026 Resolution

Agency

Gustav Klimt, Poppy Field, via Wikimedia Commons

In the spirit of my 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 resolutions:

Resolution

I have a singular quest this year: Get a literary agent for me and my novel.

This is famously hard and largely out of my control, which makes for an exciting goal. My quests are often execution-based: Success has often been entirely in my control and just requires that I put in a lot of work. This one requires creativity to find out what really is within my control.

I put some effort into this in 2025. This year, I want to give it my all. That’s fun! It will require lots of luck, and I’ll forgive myself if I fail, but I plan to be relentless about this. This includes:

• Querying oodles of agents

• Attending conferences

• Applying for workshops

• Getting more stories published

• Whatever it takes!

If you happen to be a literary agent reading this, email me and make my life!

Other plans for the year

• Get fit with my wife.

• Keep releasing killer music with Peter Sanfilippo.

• Write better and better stories. A second novel is churning in my head.

You

I hope you have a year of adventure. I hope you end this year a happier, kinder, and stronger person than you are today. I hope you make wonderful memories. If we cross paths in the world, I hope you say hi.