maybe if i get an ADHD diagnosis they'll give me a pill that will magically make me a novelist

at the beginning of the year I decided to give up on short stories for a while and really try to at least start on my novel.

i have made that promise to myself every year for the past five years. it has never, ever, once worked.

and now I keep finding submission calls for various short story publications.

i mean, I might as well...