Happy New Year one and all! I second Shallowford's wish and add to it that the goodness be monotonically increasing throughout the year. (Why, yes, I am a geek -- why do you ask? )
VirginiaR. "On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling" --- "clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.
A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.