Happy New Year! We, of course, don’t know how many of our followers and/or subscribers are writers, but we feel a bond with you all. You may not realize that most of the On Spec editorial staff are also published writers and/or editors, so we totally understand the hopes and dreams that your story will some day appear on the pages of your favourite magazine.

One of my favourite writers and bloggers, Chuck Wendig has some very good thoughts to start the year off well, because all we can do is look ahead for better times.

Seek joy in the writing. 

Fondest wishes to all our readers, writers and supporters for better days ahead. 2021 may have taken Desmond Tutu and Betty White from us, but we will always remember their legacies.

And Lorna, I will always miss you.

-Diane-