Non-Fiction Chronicles of a Fiction-Filled Life: My Indie Novels

My Indie Novels

The War On Emily Dickinson Available as a free ebook on Smashwords or in print at Lulu. July 2011.

A Right Turn at Jesus An ebook available for free on Smashwords. August 2011.

A Slider, Tumbling A free ebook available on Smashwords. October 2011

Alvin's Farm Available on Smashwords completely free. December 2011

The Thorn And The Rose On Smashwords for free. January 2012

Memories of Home Free on Smashwords. February 2012

September Story Available as a free ebook on Smashwords or in print at Lulu. April 2012

writing timeline

21 May '12- started rewriting A Crack In The Wall
8 May '12- finished writing A Normal Life Part 2
3 April '12- starting writing A Normal Life Part 2
11 March '12- came up with the idea for I Never
29 February '12- published Memories of Home (sixth indie novel)
26 February '12- came up with the idea for A Normal Life Part 2
19 February '12- came up with the idea for Believe In Something Else
25 January '12- came up with idea for 23 Minutes To Landing
15 January '12- published The Thorn And The Rose (fifth indie novel)
9 January '12- came up with idea for Snow On Wicklow Street
29 December '11- finished writing For God And Country (NaNo 2011)
1 December '11- published Alvin's Farm (fourth indie novel)
28 November '11- came up with the idea for Modern Time
19 November '11- finished writing Penny Angel (NaNo 2011)
1 November '11- started writing Penny Angel and For God And Country (NaNo 2011)
23 October '11- came up with Widower's Tales (working title)
1 October '11- published A Slider, Tumbling (third indie novel)
31 August '11- published A Right Turn At Jesus (second indie novel)
31 August '11- finished writing Beautiful Animals (Camp NaNoWriMo 2011)
14 August '11- came up with the idea for The Hounds of War and Love (another holiday notion especially inspired by Women's Vietnam Memorial at The National Mall and four amazing basset hounds; Ethan, Valerie, Sally and Penny)
8 August '11- came up with the idea for For God and Country; The Legend of Cade Walton (fleshed out at the airport while waiting to leave on holiday under the influence of a head cold...)
2 August '11- started writing Beautiful Animals (Camp NaNoWriMo 2011)
31 July '11- finished writing South Downs
16 July '11- published The War On Emily Dickinson on Smashwords (first indie novel)
7 July '11- finished edits for The War On Emily Dickinson
1 July '11- started writing South Downs (Camp NaNoWriMo 2011)
23 June '11- came up with the idea for On Opposite Sides Of the Hill
17 May '11- finished writing A Normal Life
9 May '11- came up with the idea for A Crystalline Hive
30 April '11- started writing A Normal Life
15 April '11- came up with the idea for Heaven Assumes, a sequel to Captured Words and Deeds
12 April '11-finished writing Captured Words and Deeds
1 April '11- started writing Captured Words and Deeds
25 March '11- came up with the idea for A Good Long Winter
18 March '11- finished writing Some Happy Endings
12 March '11- came up with the idea for 4 Stories
10 March '11- came up with the idea for A Road Imperfect, now titled Captured Words and Deeds
6 March '11- came up with the idea for Outside Of Acting
2 March '11- came up with the idea for Congo story (untitled at this point)
1 March '11- started writing Some Happy Endings
23 February '11- came up with the idea for South Downs
17 February '11- finished writing A Crack In The Wall
14 February '11- came up with the idea for Penny Angel
1 February '11- started writing A Crack In The Wall
26 January '11- came up with the idea for The Most Beautiful Girl In the World
25 January '11- came up with the idea for Which Side Of the Planet
22 January '11- finished writing In the Blue
1 January '11- starting writing In the Blue
10 December '10- came up with the idea for The Hell You Cannot See
1 December '10- came up with the idea for The Shell
30 November '10- finished writing A Slider, Tumbling (NANO 2010)
17 November '10- started writing A Slider,Tumbling (NANO 2010)
16 November '10- finished writing The Timeless Nature Of Patience (NANO 2010)
6 November '10- came up with the idea for Getting Dates
1 November '10- came up with the idea for Long Playing
1 November '10-started writing The Timeless Nature Of Patience (NANO 2010)
29 September '10- finished writing The Wherewithal Of Her Heart
15 September '10- started writing The Wherewithal Of Her Heart
7 September '10- came up with idea for The Wherewithal Of Her Heart
26 August '10- finished writing Almost Flying Blind
16 August '10- started writing Almost Flying Blind
14 August '10- came up with the idea for Within The Gates Of Strangers
12 August '10- finished writing An Innate Sense Of Recognition
2 August '10- started writing An Innate Sense Of Recognition
18 July '10- finished writing The Colours Of Planes
15 July '10- came up with the idea for Descendants Of Maidens
6 July '10- started writing The Colours Of Planes
1 July '10- finished writing Where Is Fielder Walsh?
25 June '10- came up with the idea for Almost Flying Blind
17 June '10- started writing Where Is Fielder Walsh?
29 May '10- came up with the idea for The Colours Of Planes
29 May '10- finished writing Hand In Hand
17 May '10- started writing Hand In Hand
2 May '10- came up with the ideas for Where Is Fielder Walsh? and A Slider, Tumbling
22 April '10- came up with the idea for Hand In Hand (in SF at a concert...)
21 April '10- finished writing Another Life Of Matthew Sagan
14 April '10- started writing Another Life Of Matthew Sagan
13 April '10- finished writing The Farm At Sam and Jenny's
1 April '10- started writing The Farm At Sam and Jenny's
18 March '10- finished writing A Cornflower Snow
1 March '10- started writing A Cornflower Snow
17 February '10- came up with the idea for It's Only A Game
11 February '10- came up with title for previously untitled work, now known as A Cornflower Snow (idea from January '10)
9 February '10- finished writing Two Dans
25 January '10- started writing Two Dans
1 January '10- came up with the idea of Friends, Not Lovers
24 December '09- came up with idea for The Two Dans
2 December '09- finished writing A Right Turn At Jesus (formerly titled The Burial Watch) (NANO 2009)
14 November '09- started writing A Right Turn At Jesus (formerly titled The Burial Watch) (NANO 2009)
12 November '09- finished writing Memories of Home
1 November '09- starting writing Memories of Home (NANO 2009)
16 October '09- came up with idea for A Right Turn At Jesus (formerly titled The Burial Watch)
25 September '09- finished writing The Captain and the Kid
14 September '09- started writing The Captain and the Kid
10 September '09- finished writing A Scent Of Heaven
31 August '09- started writing A Scent Of Heaven
30 August '09- finished writing Oklahoma
25 August '09- changed Music For American Airports to Music For Airports
19 August '09- starting writing Oklahoma
16 August '09- came up with the idea for In The Blue
13 August '09- came up with the ideas for Oklahoma and Til' I Die
12 August '09- finished writing The War On Emily Dickinson
4 August '09- came up with the idea for Music for American Airports
1 August '09- started writing The War On Emily Dickinson
19 July '09- finished The Thorn and the Rose; came up with the idea for Memories of Home (last, I hope, in this series)
1 July '09- started writing The Thorn and the Rose
23 June '09- (tenatively) changed name of Last Remnants... to The War On Emily Dickinson
20 June '09- came up with (at 2 in the morning) the actual plot for Last Remnants of Tuesday Morning
27 May '09- came up with idea for Another Side of Bliss
11 May '09- came up with idea for Call Me Padre
9 May '09- came up with the title (and idea) for The Last Remnants of Tuesday Morning
5 May '09- heard back from Snowbooks-rejection for ATSS
30 April '09- came up with the idea for The Captain and the Kid
23 April '09- finished Belated
1 April '09- started Belated
20 March '09- finished Alvin's Farm
1 March '09- started Alvin's Farm
4 February '09- came up with idea for Alvin's Farm
1 February '09- started editing TTG again
16 January '09- finished New Year's Eve
15 January '09- sent ATSS to Snowbooks for publication consideration
7 January '09- started editing Over the Rainbow
1 January '09- started New Year's Eve (exercise)
30 December '08- came up with idea for New Year's Eve
25 December '08- came up with idea for untitled summer '09 idea...
2 December '08- began some final look throughs on BT and ATSS
29 November '08- finished The Road Home for NANO '08
18 November '08- DTG goes to the printer
16 November '08- received proof corrections for DTG
11 November '08- returned proof to typesetter with changes
7 November '08- received proof and cover for DTG
1 November '08- started The Road Home (NANO '08)
22 October '08- ISBN # for DTG assigned; manuscript to typesetter, cover art ideas sent to art department
20 October '08- editor will do final changes, then DTG goes to typesetter
18 October '08- received 3rd revisions from editor
27 September '08- finished September Story
19 September '08- returned 2nd revisions of DTG to editor
15 September '08- received 2nd revisions for DTG from editor
11 September '08- began editing BT again
7 September '08- came up with idea for Belated
4 September '08- finished ATSS (hoot hoot!)
1 September '08- started September Story (exercise) and began writing the end of ATSS
20 August '08- picked up Aset the Shining Sun, to finish (hopefully!)
18 August '08- came up with idea for The Road Home
15 August '08- came up with idea for Fairytales
12 August '08- started editing Detours
2 August '08- came up with idea for September Story
31 July '08- finished Detours
1 July '08- started Detours
15 June '08- done with second round of TTG rewrites
2 June '08- came up with idea for 5.36 (sci-fi #2)
23 May '08- done with first round of TTG rewrites
15 May '08- sent blurb, bio and photo to publisher
5 May '08- came up with idea for Detours
5 May '08- began rewrites on TTG
29 April '08- came up with idea for Toole & O'Moore
21 April '08- finished TTG, 121K words
1 April '08- started Through the Glass (aka The Dance)
30 March '08- sent DTG revisions back to editor
10 March '08- received revisions for Drop the Gauntlet
14 February '08- came up with idea for The Dance
mid February '08- came up with idea for Psalm
early February '08- set aside Aset the Shining Sun (to be finished at a later date)
31 January '08- Aset the Shining Sun hits 72 K
20 January '08- came up with idea for Remember; A Biography of John Mathis
1 January '08- started Aset the Shining Sun
30 December '07- decided to write up ages old idea of Aset the Shining Sun
late December '07- came up with idea for 365
27 December '07- started editing The Bubble Torture
14 December '07- started editing Over the Rainbow
10 December '07- started editing Cherry Blossoms
7 December '07- finished The Bubble Torture for NANO
30 November '07- finished Over the Rainbow for NANO
27 November '07- hit 50K on all 2007 NaNovels
18 November '07- finished Cherry Blossoms for NANO
1 November '07- began NANO '07 novels (TBT, CB, OTR)
26 October '07- came up with 3rd NaNovel for '07 (Over the Rainbow)
14 October '07- came up with 2nd NaNovel for '07 (Cherry Blossoms, sci-fi #1)
2 October '07- registered for 2007 NANO
28 August '07- came up with 2007 NANO idea (The Bubble Torture)
26 July '07- sent off first revision
15 July '07- signed contract!
June-July '07- wrangled with publisher over contract details
early June '07- got acceptance from publisher
May '07- started looking for a publisher
early May '07- finished DTG!
April '07- started finishing book
December '06- added another 20,000 words
30 November '06- ended NANOWRIMO with 100,000 words
1 November '06- started DTG
26 October '06- registered at NANOWRIMO
mid October '06- thought up idea for Drop the Gauntlet

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