Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Wrote in GHOST Group Seven.

Did some research for a chapter in the book on overcoming fear.

Added material to the Washington section in the new version of the haunted houses book.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

FINALLY revised the poetry book on dreams and dreaming. I was dissatisfied with one of the poems so I gave it a rewrite. I also finally figured out a title for this book. Contacted the editor about when to send it in for edits.

Put ALL the poems I wrote for the deaf poetry book into one file. Counted the poems and rearranged them so they'd flow better. Did a bit of revising with the poems but not yet revising the whole thing. That's getting saved for another day!

Did some research for the book, End Game, via links from Martha.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Today I received images from my publisher for possible use on my novel’s cover. We went over them and I STILL couldn’t decide between two of a certain image that I liked. It was suggested to me that I ask my kids to pick so I did. They both selected one image so that’s the one that was chosen! I am just glad I did not have as much trouble with the character image.

Worked on novel revisions.

Wrote some poems for the poetry book.

Did some research for the Supernatural book. I have decided that there is enough material in this show for this kind of book but I will finish out the year gathering information for it before I put together my book proposal.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Wrote in a chapter for the book on prayer.

Worked on novel revisions. 

Did research for a chapter in the nonfiction book, TLBTH.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Wrote some more in a chapter for the book on prayer.

Did research for a chapter in the nonfiction book, TLBTH.

Started working on the Oklahoma section for the new version of the haunted houses book. Finished Oklahoma.

Monday, September 11, 2017

Finished writing a chapter for the nonfiction book, TLBTH. (I had forgotten about it!) Also organized my files for this book to keep track of what is already done. Made notes for another unfinished chapter. (No time to finish writing it!)

Worked on novel revisions.

Did research for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Did research for the book, End Game. Also replied to an email from Martha about something she wanted included in the book.

Did research for the Supernatural book.

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Did research for the Supernatural book.

Did research for the book, End Game.

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Worked on a chapter for the book on prayer.

Added more material to the Ohio section of the new version of the haunted houses book.

Did research for a chapter in the book, TLBTH. I think I am ready to start writing this chapter now.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Started writing a chapter in the nonfiction book, TLBTH. I also did research for this chapter.

Added material to the North Dakota section in the new version of the haunted houses book. Finished North Dakota. Started working on the material for Ohio.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Responded to the email from the journalist. Asked for permission to use the photos if they are relevant to the book's subject. Also asked if he'd like to share any of his experiences for the book. (New version of the haunted houses book.)

Got an email from Martha about an article to check out for the book End Game. Made some other notes on additional things to do research on for this book and checked in with Martha about one of them. (Not sure yet if the other things I want to look into will be used in the book so I didn't ask about them yet.)

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Wrote a chapter in the novel.

Wrote some more in a chapter for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Made notes for a chapter in the nonfiction book, TLBTH. Discussed this book with another person. I just might change the book's slant.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

It's the first day of a new month so I updated all my paperwork related to book work in my writing notebook. Removed my notes for the book I finished last month and added new notes for the next book.

The book I plan to finish writing this month is a chick lit novel. I started writing this novel for NaNoWriMo in 2006 but I never finished it. So I'll finish it now! I read over what I have written so far and wrote some more in the book. Made notes for it about the format and blog template (my character's blog posts are included in the story). Also planned out the rest of the book.

Made a PDF version of my new poetry book, Poems for the Grieving Heart. This will be available for reviewers.

Added more material to the New Jersey section of the new version of the haunted houses book. Finished New Jersey.

Changed the title for one of the chapters in nonfiction book FWTW and started writing this chapter.

Did research for a chapter for the nonfiction book, TLBTH.

Monday, June 19, 2017

Went over the production galley for the forthcoming book. Noticed something that needed to be fixed and let them know. Approved the rest of it.

Wrote 2 chapters in the YA fantasy novel

Added more material to the new version of the haunted houses book. Started working on the New Jersey section.

Did some research for a  chapter for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Submitted my dark fantasy novel to a publisher. This is the “vampire horror novel” that I finished revising in April. I don’t think it’s horror – more of dark fantasy.

Added more material to the new version of the haunted houses book. Started work on the sections for Missouri and Montana and finished both of them. Also had located that journalist who said I could use his photos on LinkedIn. We connected and I sent him a message about what happened with the pictures. Gave him my email address about communicating about the pictures/interview/book on there instead of LinkedIn. (After that MySpace debacle, I don’t trust LinkedIn to keep my messages there!) (Trust no one!)

Got a response from the cover designer for the poetry book. She can get it done soon. Yay! Let her know that that sounded good.

Did some more writing in one of the chapters for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Did some research for the nonfiction book, TLBTH. Made some notes for a chapter based on this research.

Printed out a couple of articles to use for research for End Game.

Wrote another chapter in the YA fantasy novel.

Monday, June 12, 2017

Added more material to the new version of the haunted houses book. Started work on the sections for Minnesota and Mississippi and finished both of them.

Printed out the contents info for End Game which Martha sent so that I could keep my research for this book more focused on what Martha wants the book to cover.

Read over what I have so far of the YA fantasy novel. Made some notes on things to work on and fix. Also touched up the chapters a bit, as there were errors. Was talking about using fantasy creatures in my story with my kids – instead of things like horses and cows – and my youngest came up with ideas for two types of creatures and he drew them then said I could use them in the story. My oldest also handed over drawings of creatures that I can include in this story. Yay! I am excited to use them!

Did some writing in one of the chapters for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Did some research for the nonfiction book, TLBTH. Made some notes for a chapter based on this research.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Wrote two poems for poetry book. Found two other old poems for this book. So now I only need 4 more poems to finish this book.

Typed out the handwritten character sketch for the character in my vampire horror novel. I did not type up the sketches while I was revising the book. Now that the book is complete, I am typing up all the handwritten stuff to save in a file folder.

Removed all pages in my notebook that were notes and outlines for the YA novel. Also printed articles I used for research. Will be creating a file for this one too.