Welcome to a year of Big, Fun, Scary Adventures!

Hello, heroic Wrimos!

Now that NaNoWriMo is over, a lot of us have realized that we not only have novels in us, but so much more. In the midst of all the post-NaNo celebrating and relaxing, we have something very important to do. (And I‘m incredibly excited about how many of you have already done it here in this forum!)

I'm talking about the fact that 2012 is coming up, and it represents an opportunity to see what else we're capable of. Which is why I'm inviting you to take part in the Office of Letters and Light's sixth annual Big, Fun, Scary Adventure Challenge.

The Challenge works like this: We come up with a list of things that we've long dreamed about doing, making, or being. These can be practical skills, like biscuit-making or wood carving. Or they can be matters of pure whimsy: clogging, flower-arranging, or yak herding. (Actually, that last one is pretty practical...)

The adventuresome path or paths you choose are completely up to you. Last year, some BFS participants used the challenge to self-publish their NaNoWriMo novels, or write their first scripts through Script Frenzy (www.ScriptFrenzy.org) in April. Others set their goals beyond the realm of writing. They learned to play guitar, and speak Japanese, and run marathons.

To take part in the challenge, you just need to post at least one big, fun, or scary goal for yourself in this forum. Then, come January 1, we'll roll up our sleeves, strap on our adventuring gear, and set out into the unknown together.

We'll use the BFS forum to post reports on our progress and setbacks, locate fellow adventurers who can help us reach our goals, and generally whoop it up in true Office of Letters and Light fashion as we move a few items on our lifetime to-do lists from "someday" to "done that."

What will you attempt in 2012?

I can't wait to find out.

Here's to an adventuresome new year!

Lindsey

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