Happy New Year

So after the obligatory best wishes (best wishes!) I'd really like to ask you about what's in store for you this year. And I'm not talking your plans to quit smoking/be nicer to your dog/finally divorce that **** ******* **** (m/f).

Just to get you started: a friend of mine is off to Guatemala in a probably highly successful attempt to bankrupt himself. And I've got some interesting choices to face as well:

• Will I finally write a novel... I've always wanted to write fiction, but thusfar I've been too scared to make the attempt. In 2004, I told my publisher I would write a novel after my second nonfiction book had been finished. So it seems I've run out of excuses, now that I've finished three nonfiction books and contributed to a fourth.
• ...and if so, will I write it in English? My books are doing quite well - for Dutch standards. The average book in the Netherlands, I'm told, sells 800 (!) copies. I've had no trouble exceeding that (many times over) thusfar. That's nonfiction. Writing a novel in Dutch is a recipe for poverty. Then again, I am not a native speaker of English, so I'd need a subeditor. Preferably someone with a working knowledge of Dutch, a sense of humor, and an intimate knowledge of the neurotic behavior any journalist is bound to display from time to time. Any takers?

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