challenge!

Tomorrow is the first day of my New Year. My resolution is to accept more challenges, take more risks, step out of my comfort zone. No, I'm not planning to take up skydiving! After all, my mother taught me NOT to jump out of perfectly good airplanes.
I want to audition for a theatrical production. I had been invited to try out for "Psycho Beach Party," but I had too much else going on, I said. I was invited to bring some music and go for a role in "Urinetown" - but I went to the Sand Gnats' game instead. Well, the third time is the charm, as they say. I'll keep my eyes open for that next show, maybe even a musical. After all, I'm not putting in my karaoke time anymore and I miss singing in front of a crowd. (Knowing how shy I once was, and still can be, I can hardly believe I even said that!)
I'm entering a writing challenge sponsored by an Australian group, http://www.kiwiwriters.org/my/challenge/site/socnoc-2009.html . In fact, I just noticed: it's already tomorrow - 3:55pm, too - in that part of the world. Happy birthday to me! And soon enough it'll be my birthday here on my side of the world. The challenge is to write a 50, 000-word novel in thirty days, from June 1 to June 30. I've read plenty of novels over my lifetime, even occasionally fancying that I could write such a thing. Well, it's out of the daydream and into reality with YOU, my dearie! I have this weekend to try to come up with an idea and maybe some characters and already my head is churning. Hopefully, the writing will progress at a MUCH faster pace than my blog has! I'm excited!!!