That Big New Year's Eve Resolution

Christmas 2014 went by in a flash of blinking lights. First there was a whole lot of grading, then a whole lot of cleaning, then a trip to the airport to pick up Mom. There were shopping and cooking and then some wonderful warm moments with friends and family--presents to unwrap, bread to break, and, finally, even a little bit of downtime. Nico chills with Grandma And now it's almost--but not quite--time to take down this year's tree. Just before we ripped into the presents Now that we're poised on the brink of 2015, I'm starting to wrap my mind around my one big New Year's Resolution, not counting the perennial lose weight/hit the gym/give up chocolate: Write a novel. The story and characters have been taking shape in my head for a while now, and I've started putting down words on paper. So far I'm twenty-five pages in--admittedly not so very far. But I know the town where my heroine lives. I've walked its