Unconventional Writing Craft

I've enrolled in a year of tertiary study to help my writing. Not unusual, but I'm not doing a traditional "writing 101" type course. Uhuh. Not me. I'm going to be studying biometrics.

This course will provide practical training in biometric recognition. Biometrics are biological or behavioural characteristics that can be used for identification or verification purposes.

As in most cozy mysteries my protaganist has a connection with someone 'in the know' from whom she can weasel out extra information. In the case of my story, that person is a CSI. So I want to make sure I know what I am writing about.

During this course I'll learn things like face, fingerprint, iris and voice biometric technologies, court procedures and forensic digital imaging.

I can't wait to start.

Have you ever done anything to help make your writing more realistic? 

My New Year's (almost) Resolutions

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

I've made New Year Resolutions in the past. The odd one has by some fluke been achieved, many have been attempted while some never got past the starting post (a year is a looong time). As a result I've decided to be more realistic in my goal setting so I'm aiming for the 'Almost Achievable New Year Resolutions'. My AANYR for 2015 are:

1. Work less (others seem to do this so it shouldn't be too hard, right?)
2. Write more (this should be easy peasy - but I have to achieve #1 first)
3. Study for fun (a bit of a cheat resolution as I'm already enrolled, but more on this later)
4. Exercise more (any will be more than 2014's no-exercise-year, so possibly doable)
5. Find "me" time (I've looked under the couch, in the dust balls behind the bed and rummaged through the mountain of folding to no avail, but I'm sure I'll be able to find it by the end of the year!)

And that's my list. What have you resolved for 2015?

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Wishing you a smashing year with lots of delightful surprises and filled with joy.