In case it somehow slipped by you, I would like to announce that we have begun a new year. As people are wont to do at times like this, you may have made a formal list of resolutions. Those of you less organized may have an only an idea or two of what you would like to accomplish this year. In my writing, I will finish some things I started last year and then move on to new.
I know a woman who turned fifty-seven a few months ago. One day, she confided that she was going to start lessons at a local school of the arts. She had dreamed of learning to tap dance since she was a child and decided the time was now or never. She seemed embarrassed to tell me of her plan, but I assured her I thought it was wonderful. I am smiling now, just remembering the excitement in her eyes.
I want some new excitement in my life. I will be querying agents to represent my completed novel, and also working on a new one. But I think I need to challenge myself more this year. Push my personal boundaries. Exchange “try” for “do” in more areas of my life. As a writer, one thing I want to learn is to craft stories. I have written stories. I have not crafted stories. This year I’m determined to get a story published. Tapping out well-crafted stories will be my dancing dream.
What dreams will you make come true this year?
Linda Cassidy Lewis 
I’m another who will finish her first novel this year. (For me, that’s “first” as in “first to be completed”. Poor RITN; it just wasn’t good enough.)
Will you tell us more about crafting? What is the difference between crafting and writing?
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Good luck to you, Ann. And I think I’ll write a post about what crafting means to me. Thanks for the idea.
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I love the visual of “dancing dreams.” And they sure can’t come true if we don’t have them. : )
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“While visions of sugar plums dance in our heads …” First the dream, then the courage and effort to make that dream come true.
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