Year in Review 2007

The following is a list is in no way comprehensive. There are piles of family and kid stuff that aren’t on this list because it would take forever if I included all of it. Besides, that’s what blog archives are for.

Jan- found an artist for Hold on to Your Horses Began volunteering in Gleeks Kindergarten class because things were going seriously awry with her school experience and I needed to be able to spy observe.
Feb- got to attend LTUE with my sister. Yay! Was invited to submit to Ages of Wonder anthology.
Mar- Leaned on my brother-in-law to create a website for me. Took family trip to Emerald City Comic Con.
Apr- wrote “immigrant” Had an extremely unpleasant time trying to get Kiki to do school work.
May- Ditto with Kiki and homework until school got out. Attended Conduit in Salt Lake City. “Immigrant” was accepted for publication in Ages of Wonder
Jun- Attended a conference for writers and illustrators of children’s books. Hoped crazily that Hold on to Your Horses would catch the eye of one of the editors. It didn’t.
Jul- realized that the next Schlock book was never going to exist unless I took steps. I began working with the layout guy to organize the book thus freeing Howard to write and draw.
Aug- Started attending my very first writer’s group by jumping into the deep end with accomplished writers. Finished the layout for Tub of Happiness then had a really bad day which contained a major financial reverse and the news that our layout guy was done being a layout guy.
Sept- Shipped files to China for printing, opened pre-orders for Tub of Happiness. Weathered the start of a new school year. Volunteered to teach a creative writing class at the grade school because I had no clue how much time and energy that would absorb.
Oct- Weathered a health crisis. Finished teaching the creative writing class and declined to volunteer for another one. Fretted lots about finances, health, and things that could go wrong with the Tub of Happiness printing or shipping.
Nov- Learned InDesign enough to use an existing template to layout the next Schlock book. Began serious preparations for shipping Schlock books. Fretted a lot about whether the books would arrive in time.
Dec- Shipped books. Had a vacation.

*deep breath*

On to 2008