The time has passed for counting hours and I'm done to looking at the minutes before the fall of Christmas day. This year has been such a roller coaster for me and it's impossible for me to decide what one thing had the greatest impact.
Challenges I've face:
January - started writing my first novel, The Evolution of Janie
February - began to seriously make plans to move to Colorado
March - faced a seven person panel for a job as a Science Skills Specialist, Calleigh turned 1!
April - started position as Science Specialist and went from teaching 20 kids in my classroom to working with over 80 teachers and three elementary campuses
May - began interviews with Colorado Schools
June - accepted a teaching position in Colorado Springs, Dad got sick
July - left Houston and began a new life in the Springs, my sister Penny got married, finished my first draft of The Evolution of Janie. Married four years!!
August - started my new job!
Septmeber - first round of rejections from agents
October - began a complete overhaul of The Evolution of Janie based on feedback from a wonderful agent and reviewers from tNBW
November - Nano took over and Songbird began, finished Nano, but still working on Songbird
December - Working on Evolution and Songbird
So where does that leave me? Well, with six days to go I have about four or five chapters of Songbird to complete. It was my goal to have it done and I will. Failure is not an option and January 1st will be my first day of editing and revising.
Great attitude. Persistence is what we need to keep going when we're not even sure we'll get to the finish line. Seems like it's been an event-filled year for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joy! I'm hoping 2010 will be a bit calmer than 2009!
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