Resolution: Will attempt to finish the O. Henry Prize Stories of 2003 Ahaha, sorry I haven't updated in so long. I have no excuse other than that this month, once I was done with a frenetic school day plus homework and studying, I wanted to do something mind-numbing like watch Skins and documentaries rather than blog. But I feel disciplined today, so I am suggesting a New Years' Resolution to you all: Read more short stories! This is a resolution for me too because I read far more novels than short pieces. But I have read some really awesome short stories in the past and I feel like I should seek out more this year. A good short story is the bridge between a poem and a novel: it is as concentrated, delicate, and detailed as a poem, but allows for more story, more character development, and more drawn-out exploration of themes. Short stories deserve more love than the word is inclined to give them. He...