It's that time of year ---to leap into those New Year's resolutions.

Writing: Many writers set aside time each day to write. I give myself goals to reach: so many pages for my writers' group, a year to finish. I write twenty minutes, sometimes three hours and then none at all. But my novel is always with me. I mentally direct a scene until it's right, catch and hold interesting images and phrases, and play with new concepts and possible plot tangles. If you stay with your book and it will get written.