on their new year’s resolutions? I decided not to make any this year. I’m fairly happy with my life right now, so I’m just not going to worry too much about changing things. I don’t know about any of you, but I find that the key to happiness is not doing, getting, or making more, but instead being happy with what you have. This is, of course, not easy. Especially when you don’t have much, but the little things can be huge when your not looking for big things. For instance, after Christmas this year I was able to get a few miniatures, and some nice gel to base them with. All in all it only cost be about $110, which is kind of a lot for me right now, but it’s also really fun. Anyway, I’ll have to post some pictures of the bases I made for them. I think I did a pretty good job for my first time working with this gel. So, I’m sure that everyone knows the rules, but just in case: I provide you with specific rules for how to write a particular scene. Try to keep your scene under five hundred words, and try to keep it in the same tone as the introduction. If I give a line that is very dark and depressing, then I don’t want to see a scene about a drunken monkey in a tutu…it just doesn’t fit. If I do give you a line about a drunken monkey in a tutu, then you should probably try for a funny scene.

Your scene rules: This week your challenge is not simple. Write a 300 word scene as a single, grammatically correct, sentence. You should have a grammar nazi check it over when you finish to make sure that it is completely correct. Your scene cue is, “John gazed out over the broken plain of roiling…”

Have fun!