Non-Fiction Chronicles of a Fiction-Filled Life: WIP

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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