Reading or Writing Challenge?

Last year my good intentions to complete my novel-in-progress, "Grey Motive", failed. This year I am determined to cut back on work, which sees me writing about 6,000 words a week for magazines, and instead set myself the achievable goal of 1,200 words a week on "Grey Motive".
Fiction is a different beast to articles and the latter is just assembling facts into an interesting story. I find the writing of fiction a great deal slower, as I'm watching the story unfold first, visualising before writing. Every action has a reaction and consequence, so every line takes thought.
All of which means my reading challenge, optimistically set at 20, is sure to fail. In fact, I hope it does. This year I want to be writing a book, not reading one.
My work in the horseracing industry always provides inspiration, but this month it has been for an unwanted genre - war and tragedy. A leading stud farm in Libya was raided by militia and 30 horses abducted, including six stallions and mares with foals or about to foal. Cruelly, any horses that would not walk easily up into the trucks were shot. The grooms are devastated and risked their lives to attempt rescue, attacked, beaten and even driven down by military jeeps. We can only sit and hope the horses are returned.
Away from work, I have been busy with various interviews, about my books and writing in general. My advice, as always, to would-be writers is don’t waste time analysing or learning theory, just sit down and write the book you want to read. If you enjoy writing it, and will enjoy reading it, then so will others. It's important you read a lot of good books and know how a book is laid out, however. Anyone who puzzles over paragraphs or indents for dialogue needs to stop writing and start reading!
Whether you embark on a reading challenge or a writing challenge, good luck and enjoy!