August 23rd, 2010 First day of classes.
July 21st, 2010 Accepted to graduate school. The Open Door is put on hold.
June 22nd, 2010 Set goal of submitting The Open Door by August 15th.
June 16th, 2010 Started critiquing other anthology pieces. Beginning a big month of reading.
June 15th, 2010 Resubmitted FSFW anthology piece after putting in first round of edits.
June 5th, 2010 Making massive edits to FSFW anthology short story.
May 30th'ish, 2010 Finished a round of edits to end of manuscript. Still working with small group on next round. Learning how far I have to go with the story to make it as marketable as possible.
April 28th, 2010 Finished query letter. Starting on synopsis.
April 7th, 2010 Started editing beginning of manuscript with small group while still finishing a round of edits to end of manuscript.
March 28th, 2010 Started attending a small critique group.
March 15th, 2010 Subtitled my blog, "Sometimes silence is the hardest lie of them all."
March 10th, 2010 Started weekly Character Development and Introduction blog posts.
March 8th, 2010 Updated look and feel of blog.
February 28th, 2010 Finished draft of a short story which will later be expanded as a sequel to The Open Door in the Passages of Consequence series.
February 10th'ish, 2010 Ditched my alien contact story for FSFW anthology (too long). Started one related to The Open Door.
February 5th, 2010 Started two monthly blog posts: Story Starters at the beginning of the month and What I have Learned Over the Last Month sometime in the middle of the month.
February 1st, 2010 Ditched my original story for FSFW anthology (too long). Started one about an alien contact in 2012.
January 21st, 2010 Started a doomsday short story for the FSFW anthology.
January 2nd-9th, 2010 Wrote for, and entered, two contests.
December 7th/8th, 2009 PoC: The Open Door draft is finished!!!! Yay! This is 23 months after the initial imaginings of one of the main characters.
October 26th, 2009 Pages 96-113 of PoC: The Open Door are out to my 'round one' readers. Mellie and Toff also held my hand (via email) as I started to question my output goals.
October 25th, 2009 Second draft complete for pages 1-58. Thank you readers for all the comments and suggestions. Every one of you pointed out something new and insightful. Pages went to my two 'round two' readers.
October 20th, 2009 FSFW Meeting. Toff, you are the master of description. Sarah, I loved "The Cheat" - great stuff.
October 20th, 2009 Updated blog with single page Character Sketch. I created it to help with character inconsistencies.
October 18th, 2009 Pages 59-95 of PoC: The Open Door are out to my 'round one' readers.
October 13th, 2009 Finished chopping my first 88 pages of PoC: The Open Door down to 56, built it back up to 58 when filling holes. Got my manuscript out for five 'round one' readers.
October 10th, 2009 Problems with consistancy with minor characters. Working on solutions.
October 8th, 2009 Finished reworking my outline of PoC: The Open Door. It is much leaner and cleaner but I can't help but feel that a small part of the story is missing.
October 6th, 2009 FSFW Meeting. Based on discussions with Roh, who also attended the Central California Writers' Conference at Questa College, I set goals for Passages of Consequence: The Open Door. I will rework what I have and hope to have a working copy before the end of November. See my blog for more details.
October 2nd-3rd, 2009 Central Coast Writer's Conference
My first Writer's Conference... I will be attending:
  • An Acquisition Editor Polishes Your First Pages - Charlotte Cook
  • Synopses: Who, What, Where, & Why Should I Care - Amy Burkhardt
  • The High Concept: Distilling Your Book into a Pitch that Pops - Amy Burkhardt
  • Riviting Writing: How to Pitch, Publish & Platform - Katharine Sands
September 15th, 2009 Submitted history, prologue, and first chapter of Chimree Repulic to FSFW group. Pretty clear, the hated the history and absolutely love the first chapter. I also have work to do. Thanks everyone from FSFW for the comments.
September 1st, 2009 Attended my first meeting of the Fresno SciFi Fantasy Writers (FSFW) group. I'm in love, swoon.
August 19th, 2009 Writer's Group meeting... Plot
August 16th, 2009 Rewrite of SMW opening completed. Webpage updated. Still researching and outlining "Chimree Republic."
August 10th, 2009 Signed up to go to a writer's conference in October. Never been to one before - I'm excited!
August 5th, 2009 Got to see my baby move for the first time today. So cool!
July 15th, 2009 Writer's Group meeting... Queries and Query Letters
Positive feedback on "Chimree Republic" concept from the writers group. I still have lots of research into current technologies and the direction of scientific study.
July 13th, 2009 Got to see my baby for the first time and hear his/her heartbeat. Absolutely awesome!
July 6th, 2009 Envisioned a futuristic novel, "Chimree Republic." Playing with ideas.
July 5th, 2009 New intro to SMW in draft form - here come the proofers.
June 26th, 2009 Toying with idea of new intro to SMW. So much for Passages...
June 17th, 2009 Writer's Group meeting... Agents and Writing Contests
May 28th, 2009 Working on "Passages of Consequence" series. I was around a third of the way through this novel at the begining of this year. However, I abandoned it on Jan 9th for SMW. Now that I am back at it, I see there is a lot to rewrite - a lot of work. Hopefully I will have something for the site before too long.
May 20th, 2009 Brainstorming and outlining SMW II and III - like the direction. A few big twists possible.
May 13th, 2009 Writer's Group meeting... Initial Meeting
May 12th, 2009 Opening chapter and excerpt online. Starting to contact agents.
April 19th, 2009 Finished revisions to "Spring Meets Winter" and book sent to proof reader
March 10th, 2009 Finished draft of "Spring Meets Winter" and entered editing phase