This time of year, we have lots of deadlines. Soon, we’ll have New Year’s resolutions to make up for the deadlines we never met. We have books we want to read by the end of the year, recipes we want to try, rooms to clean, family to see, presents to buy/wrap/unwrap/return, Bible verses to memorize, places to go, and mountains to climb. Writers are no different, except with more writing. (Now, this is a tricky topic. Most of the deadlines I have are ones I’ve given myself, especially in writi...