Thursday, December 24, 2009

A Look Back

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.

2 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Thanks Joy! I'm hoping 2010 will be a bit calmer than 2009!

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