So, it's the new year, and I'm pretty excited about that. Writing-wise, I've started a new challenge: 200,000 words in a year, both fiction, creative nonfiction, and anything aimed toward eventual publication. Luckily, though, the kind administrators of the challenge are letting us count our rough draft numbers, not the finalized numbers. I don't know about you all, but I tend to write a lot, and then cut, write more, cut, etc. as I revise. It does make keeping track of the numbers a challenge, though.

Reading-wise, well, I've thought about doing a challenge, too. 50 books in a year? What do you all think, would you all be up for that challenge? It's fun to keep track and see what we've read. And sometimes we might find some surprising discoveries, such as reading patterns, both in what we've read, and in our habits.

On the other hand, when it comes to reading, I'm not so much about quantity anymore, and I have one quantitative challenge on my plate. I'd rather concentrate on reading what I like, so what I'll do is put up the challenge in the forum-- and anyone who wants can post their progress along the way.

And hopefully, in a year or two, some of my 200,000 words, refined down from the jumble of letters, words, and incomplete phrases, will be something worthy of putting on your "to.read" list.

So what about you? Any new years challenges and goals when it comes to your reading?