Writing My First Bucket List

Everyone talks about their bucket list. At some time or another, probably everybody has sat down and penned one down. Literally. E-v-e-r-y-o-n-e.

And you know what?

I haven’t—which could possibly be embarrassing because I’m a writer, and writers should write about everything, and by everything, I certainly mean bucket lists.

So, here is my first attempt at writing a bucket list. Or two. I think I should definitely do two, because one will be normal and the other will be…well, let’s just see what happens.

Normal Bucket List

• Get married to the sweetest, godliest man on the face of the earth
• Have six of the most darling children ever
• Find an awesome kindred-spirit for a literary agent
• Sign a contract with a publisher who is passionate about my stories
• Win an award(s) for my novels
• Live in the country in an old farmhouse (preferably with a balcony)
• Homeschool my kids all the way through
• Become well-noted for my book cover design
• Bring kids to church on the church bus
• And be buried under a weeping willow tree (which technically shouldn’t be on this list, because a bucket list should only be things you wish to achieve in your lifetime…)

Other Bucket List

• Fly across the sea to the beautiful country of England
• March in the Jane Austen parade in Bath
• Become a stowaway on a train (you know, like the westerns?)
• Get proposed to in the rain
• Journey to somewhere no one else has ever been
• Model for someone’s historical book cover
• Visit the wild and dangerous West (Medicine Bow, Laramie, and Yuma)
• Play a bagpipe
• Watch one of my books become a movie
• Ride a stagecoach!
• Stay the night in an abandoned castle (perhaps on a cliffside)
• Drive a beat-down, old red Ford truck
• And build a library room in my future home

Well? How is that for starters? Do you have a bucket list? Tell me about it in the comments!