Hey all, I know this post is running really late and I'm so sorry :P I've had a really busy day, what with cleaning out the garage and running a fundraiser for my Students for Life Group. That was amazing, BTW. We went door to door collecting redemption bottles, which we then cashed in at the redemption center for $80! It was amazing and my buddies over there are some of the best people in the world :)

Anyway: I thought I'd give you all a run-down, month by month, of my writing schedule for this year. Starting in January because I'm a slacker and didn't yet have a blog when the year started :P And I will provide commentary, which you will probably not enjoy.

January

Goals: Finish The King's Daughter.

Did I do this? NOOOOOO. Hahahahahahaha.
Unfortunately, January was a very heavy month medically, and... I kind of had no writing time. I was finishing up my honors American government, and had a surgery, and... yeah. It was just not good.
I think I got a little bit done, though, so that's a good thing!

February

Goals: Finish The King's Daughter. Write the beginning of The Wacky Factor.

Lololololol *dies from lol-ing so much*
Yeah. I don't even know what was happening in February... but obviously I thought I was going to have some writing time despite the fact that I was doing Honors Government and Honors Biology and I was behind in just about every other subject and my emotions were a mess and...
This year did not get off to a good start. :/
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March

Goals: Edit The King's Daughter. Finish The Wacky Factor.

April

Goals, lofty and impossible from January: Originally, write The General's Children, sequel to The King's Daughter.

Goals, doable from March: Write The Wacky Factor.

Obi-Wan is amazing. I have no regrets.

May

GLAIJ: Edit Watched.

GDFM: Edit Watched.

 So, as you can see, either way Watched was getting edited this month. And I've made progress. I really have! But I'm also having trouble concentrating and ripping myself away from my books (Goldstone Wood, I'm looking at you), and so I'm only up to chapter 8 done. :( It's a complete rewrite, which I have never in my life actually finished, so this is a brand-new and rather scary experience for me.

June

GLAIJ: Research World War II and Japanese internment camps.

GDFM: Research World War II and Japanese internment camps.

Goals, modified for new ideas: Write Five Something Something Novella.

I went htrough a period where I was really fascinated by the whole "America-locked-all-its-Japanese-citizens-up-in-camps-during-the-war" thing. I wanted to write a book about it, a MG Historical Fiction story. I probably still will, at some point, but I've decided to wait on that for a little while so that I may write something else.
Namely: I'm entering Rooglewood Press's Five Something Something contest this year! I'm also participating in the contest reveal, so... keep your eyes peeled for that.

July

GLAIJ: Write World War II Japanese Internment Camp story.

GDFM: Write World War II Japanese Internment Camp story.

GMFNI: Try to start writing Wings.

I am so excited about Camp NaNo this July, y'all. Because I'm finally going to be able to start my fantasy version of World War I. It includes snarky boys with wings and shape-shifting dragons and joke-cracking gryphons and cocky girls and genius inventors. It will be amazing. I already love it so much.

August

GLAIJ: The Seer's Apprentice, book three in the Pentegreen series

GDFM: Edit The King's Daugher.

GMFNI: Finish Wings.

I seriously thought I was going to be able to write three out of the four Pentegreen books this year, you guys. I was so young and naïve at the beginning of this year. I didn't yet know the ways of high school. XD
But now I do, and I know that to write a 120,000 word+ book, you need a lot of time. A LOOOOOOOOOOT of time. So I'm giving Wings two months. It is stand-alone fantasy, after all, and those are notoriously long.

September

GLAIJ: Finish The Seer's Apprentice

GDFM: Edit The Wacky Factor

GMFNI: Edit Watched.

Note: I will be working on my Five Something Something novella on the side this whole time, it's just that June will be my one big month to focus on it. June and maybe October.
I want to get Watched published, so I'll be editing it a lot more than is mentioned on this chart. Once again, if you're interested in beta reading for it *gulp* There's a contact box on the sidebar of this blog. Please let me know!

October

GLAIJ: Edit The Wacky Factor.

GDMF: Edit The Wacky Factor.

GMFNI: Finish my Five Something Something Novella, finish The King's Daughter, intensively edit Watched; if still have time work on starting The General's Children

If you can't keep all these projects straight, that's okay. I can't either XD
This one is pretty self-explanatory. But I'll probably die anyway. Little matter- sleep is optional when you're a high-school author.

November

GLAIJ: Write The Journey (working title for sequel to Watched)

GDMF: Write The General's Children

GMFNI: Edit Wings

I want to write Wings. That's probably not going to be its title when it's done, but... half the main characters have wings, so... yeah.
NaNo rebel editing, here I come!
Alternate project would be to write The General's Children. We'll see which I'm in the mood for when we get there. :P

December

GLAIJ: Edit The General's Children

GDFM: More editing of The Wacky Factor

GMFNI: Edit Watched some more