I’ve flirted with the idea now and again, but last year it hit me: AWSC?-branded Snuggies. Then I realized that a minimum of 3,000 cool points is required to have your own Snuggie, so I decided to write a book.

My high school English teacher, Mrs. Shayman, told me that I should be a writer. Had I pursued this goal, my life might have been starkly different:

• I wouldn’t have studied engineering (and might have had a girlfriend).
• I probably would have worked at the student newspaper (and might have dated one of my fellow beat reporters).
• I woulda developed a more clearer and stinkin’ elegant way with my words (and might have wooed a UF coed to be my steady).

However, in light of my misguided priorities in college, I am blissfully happy with my choice of (non-)career, and with the beloved Cool Fam that I have to show for it.

So, last year, while thinking about our story (which apparently I do all the time), I thought, “It would be cool to write a book about our journey.” Who knows what we would do with it. E-book, self-publish, shop it around. If nothing else, it would be a concerted effort to document our story for our own family legacy.

However, writing a book is no small task, and we never started last year. This is despite little pushes of inspiration like walking through the local Barnes and Noble and seeing the thousands upon thousands of books peddled there. We figured that we could surely match the writing prowess of a few of these published authors.

Over the Christmas break, I decided that to become a better writer, I should become a better reader. So, I read of a couple of books during the break, and I ordered several on Amazon. And I started writing, too.

So now, I’m outlining our lives’ stories little by little, and I’m loving it. Compared to writing my screenplay, this is cake. All of the characters are already made up. All of the plot twists already mapped out. Now, it’s just stoking my memory to bring them back to life.

I guess every year needs a goal, and this is among the biggest for 2010. Maybe on this day in 2011, I’ll be writing about a publishing deal. Mrs. Shayman will be so proud.

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