Committing to a dream

The theme at YA Outside the Lines this month was change, growth, and turning points. My post is about committing to a dream, putting it first, turning "maybe someday" into "now." A sample: "Becoming a novelist was a step that I wanted to take, but in many ways was scared to take. I kept putting other things on the front burner: Education for my day job. Volunteer work. Travel. Romance and marriage. But in 2003, I looked at my life and decided it was time to give writing a turn on the front burner...."