I never really thought much about having a word of the year. It’s appealing. To be honest, my first thought was to steal “Finish” because that really is what I’ve been thinking about doing. Finish this. Finish that. Finish whatever it is I wind up starting this year. And then, it occurred to me that maybe “Enough!” would be a good choice. As in… you’ve fiddled with this enough. Time to move on. Time to do something else. Or maybe, this story is Enough. You are enough.

Deep down, though, I think the word I need to be focused on is “Community.”

I need to work on getting to know other writers, and on building creative relationships with them.

My plans for Nano were kinda a bust last year. Too much stuff on top of other stuff. Do you ever have the feeling that the stars, themselves conspire against you? I didn’t wind up meeting anyone, and I barely brushed the bottom of 10k. **sigh** So, that gets pushed into the new year.

I am still working on picking up all the pieces. On the bright side, I’m pretty sure I know where they all are, now.