Master List of Progress Reports - 2012
2012: Year In Review
No new chapters posted again.
But at least I finally got the membership site off the ground.
And with the money I made, I was able to not only cover all my expenses for the year, but also get a new computer to replace the 4-year-old one I'd been using (before it could fall apart and take all my stories with it).
Of course, running two computers at once while I was still transfering files from the old one to the new one did cause a few mishaps, one of which nearly wiped out all of my stories and notes (and nearly gave me a heart attack), but thankfully I was able to recover all but the most recent note files I'd created.
Then there was more medical drama, with me passing another kidney stone (the drugs for which drain me of all creativity), and my wife finding a lump in her breast. Thankfully, it turned out to be benign, but for several months, I was barely writing because I was terrified I was going to lose my wife. The lack of writing only got worse after I hurt my back (again) and was forced to stay off the computer from about the middle of September through all of December.
At least I was able to work on my writing skills by reading several new books regarding story structure, which set me up well for most of 2013, except for the first part. My cat Felix died in December and it was really difficult to focus on my writing for several months after that (more on that in the archive for 2013).
Moral of the Story
There's a quote by Arthur Ashe that has stuck with me ever since I first read it:
Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.
I may not be physically or emotionally where I'd prefer to be, but I'm doing what I can, when I can, with what I've got.
December - 2012 | ||||||
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Dec.30.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
November - 2012 | ||||||
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Nov.--.2012 |
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No story updates | ~ | I hurt my back and had to stay off the computer as much as possible (since the middle of September) |
October - 2012 | ||||||
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Oct.--.2012 |
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No story updates | ~ | I hurt my back and had to stay off the computer as much as possible (since the middle of September) |
September - 2012 | ||||||
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Sep.30.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the timeline |
Sep.28.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Sep.14.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the story text and notes |
Sep.13.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Prisoner of War | ~ | Corrected a typo and made the change on the site and the PDF |
The Trine | ~ | Worked on revisions |
The Vampire Hunter Series | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Sep.12.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Sep.11.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Sep.10.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Sep.08.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and research |
Sep.07.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
Sep.06.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
Sep.05.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
Sep.04.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
Sep.03.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Sep.01.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions and research Also sent revised Chapters 1 and 2 to BetaWolf |
August - 2012 | ||||||
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19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Aug.31.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text, revisions, and research |
Aug.30.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions and research |
Aug.29.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Aug.28.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
Aug.11.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Aug.03.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Aug.02.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
July - 2012 | ||||||
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22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
Jul.28.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and outline |
Jul.26.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and outline |
Jul.24.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and outline |
Jul.14.2012 |
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A Bondage Primer | ~ | Worked on the outline and notes |
Jul.09.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
June - 2012 | ||||||
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Jun.30.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jun.28.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Jun.25.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jun.13.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Jun.12.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and revisions |
Jun.08.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jun.07.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jun.05.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Jun.04.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes |
New Gaia | ~ | Worked on the notes |
The Trine | ~ | Worked on the notes |
May - 2012 | ||||||
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27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
May.18.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
May.17.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
May.16.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
May.15.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
May.14.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
May.08.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes and story text |
Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Out of Darkness | ~ | Worked on the story text |
The Trine | ~ | Worked on the notes |
The Vampire Hunter Series | ~ | Worked on the notes |
April - 2012 | ||||||
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15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 |
Apr.22.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Apr.21.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
Apr.20.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Apr.19.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Apr.18.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Apr.13.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Apr.12.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
The Trine | ~ | Worked on the notes |
The Vampire Hunter Series | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Apr.11.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
Apr.08.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
New Gaia | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Apr.07.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
Apr.06.2012 |
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The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
March - 2012 | ||||||
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Mar.25.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on the outline |
Mar.22.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Mar.21.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Mar.20.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Mar.19.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Mar.14.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
Mar.06.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and revisions |
Mar.05.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes, research, and revisions |
February - 2012 | ||||||
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Feb.29.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and research |
The Trine | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Feb.22.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes, story text, research, and revisions |
Feb.16.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and revisions |
Feb.07.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Feb.02.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the notes and revisions |
Feb.01.2012 |
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A Bondage Primer | ~ | Worked on the notes |
The Kindari Saga | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Lights of Life | ~ | Worked on the story text |
New Gaia | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Out of Darkness | ~ | Worked on the notes |
Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the outline and notes |
The Trine | ~ | Worked on the notes |
The Vampire Hunter Series | ~ | Worked on the notes |
January - 2012 | ||||||
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Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
Jan.26.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the outline, notes, and revisions |
Jan.25.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jan.24.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jan.23.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jan.22.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jan.20.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
Jan.19.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the story text and revisions |
Jan.18.2012 |
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Prisoner of War | ~ | Worked on the story text |
Jan.17.2012 |
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New Gaia | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jan.16.2012 |
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Lights of Life | ~ | Sent Chapters 13 and 14 to BetaWolf |
Jan.14.2012 |
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A Bondage Primer | ~ | Worked on revisions |
Jan.10.2012 |
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The Trine | ~ | Worked on revisions |