NOTICE: With the completion of the five Geren novels, a new stage of my life begins, one with more focus on novels that avarii_wings and renewer_rising were set up for, rather than this place. Therefore, future monthly summary posts will be located at my 'misc' LJ, shout_of_joy.

Certainly not an April to ever be forgotten. Can't say my list is remarkably huge, but it's certainly momentous because it includes the biggest finish line of my life, past present or yet-to-come. The Geren novels are COMPLETE! (Well, yes, there is the unending editing, but the story is finally all down in words.)

Apr 3 - Made 'Done!' illustration for writing tracker
Apr 6 - Finished book 5, ch 29
Apr 7 - Finished book 5, map #5 (last map!)
Apr 9 - Finished book 5, ch 30
Apr 10 - Made 'Inspiration' avatar
Apr 12 - Finished book 5, ch 31
Apr 13 - Finished book 5, ch 32
Apr 14 - Finished 'Among the Roses' art project
Apr 14, Red-letter day - Finished book 5, Emissary's Sacrifice, and all five novels of 'Geren's Passage'!
Apr 20 - Wrote 'The Choices of Hu-Hov and the Shado' narrative essay for renewer_rising
Apr 23 - Finished chapter 1 of 'Delarun' section 2
Apr 25 - Finished 'Reunion' picture for upcoming milestone on shouts_of_joy

As for May, that entails getting settled in with my new pc, which I'm moving into this weekend. And lots of learning on all the new versions of the various software I had to get to be 64-bit Windows 7 compatable. Aside from that, there's the editing of Emissary's Sacrifice to keep hammering away at, and hopefully some progress in 'Delarun' section 2 as well, before the horrid summer heat brings writing season to a close until September. I'd also really like to get going with my book 5 completion picture, but that might be slow with all the learning I'll have to do in the process. Can't forget the fun of awaiting and enjoying the arrival of my two last and biggest book 5 completion rewards!

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Yep, just finished book 5 about an hour ago, and with it, the overarching story of all five of the Geren books. Wow. And as it's the 10th anniversary of finishing book 1 on April 22, at least I got it in under the decade-mark from the end of that book!

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Not at all a productive month, as the short list makes evident. That's thanks to the Florida trip, and the getting ready beforehand, catching up afterward, taxes as well. Wish I'd had a short story ready to write, as that would have worked better than attempted messing with longer projects. Oh, well.

Mar 20 - Made 'Leap' avatar
Mar 22 - Finished 'Tiger' avatar
Mar 28 - Finished illustration for 'Beside The Embers'
Mar 29 - Finished Portal Page illustration for 'Beside The Embers'
Mar 29 - Finished book 5, ch 28
Mar 31 - Finished 'Night' avatar

As for April...yeehaw! Got my week off work scheduled for the 11-15, and that 9-day interval is when I plan to write the final scenes of book 5, celebrate, relax, and deal with the emotional fallout of finishing the biggest work of my life. It will be interesting! Got related art projects planned as well, but after that I'll likely be focused on editing so I can get paper copies ready for family, hopefully in May.

Hurrah for April!

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A short month, but quite a full one, jammed with all sorts of stuff going on, between writing stories and great book 5 progress, small art projects, and celebrating my 18th anniversary, while on the other hand, the fun of an MRI and multiple visits to the National Dizzy and Balance Center. Definitely a full February!

Feb 1 - Finished collaboration quote avatar
Feb 2 - Made editing quote avatar
Feb 3 - Made death quote avatar
Feb 5 - Finished writing 'The Courage of Tarlah'
Feb 8 - Finished illustration for 'The Courage of Tarlah'
Feb 12 - Finished group of five illustrations for writing tracker
Feb 13 - Made book 5, map #4
Feb 13 - Finished book 5, ch 24
Feb 14 - Finished book 5, ch 25
Feb 17 - 18th Anniversary day! =D
Feb 19 - Finished book 5, ch 26
Feb 20 - Finished book 5, ch 27
Feb 23 - Finished spring header image for shout_of_joy
Feb 25 - Finished spring sidebar image for shouts_of_joy
Feb 26 - Started writing 'The Last Tutelage' (Copper-novella)

Very pleased to have my yearly writing totals already past 30,000 words. As for March, it probably won't be a productive month, due to a trip to Florida to visit family from March 9-15, then all the catching up and getting back into gear afterward. But whenever that does happen, I hope to start the final run on book 5...just writing this is scaring me...though I probably won't finish until April. I'll also keep moving ahead with getting a new computer, now that I've bought all the software I could in advance and a new monitor as well, and have my PSP cash.

That's the plan, anyway! Time will tell what really happens.

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Cross-posted from shouts_of_joy because of today's milestone!

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