With New Years, along with resolutions lists made, comes bowl games and parades. And watching the Rose Bowl Parade, I thought, I wanna work on a Rose Bowl float. How cool would that be? I watched the beautiful, intricate floats go by while I thought of my resolutions list. But my secret desire to work on a float got me thinking of another list. My “wanna do” list.

There are so many things I wanna do. Sky diving, okay no that I will leave for someone else – I can live without ever having jumped out of a plane. But my list of “wanna do” is long.

How does this relate to writing you might ask…

In so very many ways. I believe all that we do can color, flavor, enrich our work. It lends to little nuances. No, I know you can write without having done “things”. If you have read Deadly Mistakes, you know there are several bodies adding up by the end of the book. I have no criminal history whatsoever. Nope, did not write from experience thankyouverymuch.

But to do other less felonious acts, I think it would be neat to actually get to complete my list of “wanna do”. And imagine how much it can add to my writing if I ever do.

My list
 

            * work on Rose Bowl Float                                    * Go to Ireland

            * work on Broadway production                            * Go on Archeology dig

            * Go back to Alaska                                              * Join USO

            * Red Cross worker                                               * run for city council

            * Scuba dive                                                          * Learn ballroom dance

            * work in a zoo                                                      * learn sign language

I am and have always been uber-curious (we all know this by now) – there are so many things I want to be when I grow up: an archeologist, forensic pathologist, writer (lookie, got one done), psychologist, singer (yeah that is soooo not gonna happen – trust me on this) nurse… oh and so many more. All of this I try to incorporate into my work. If I can’t do all by golly, one of my characters will!