Bought my first (gigantic) box of Huggies today, as I've begun the process of laying in supplies for the forthcoming WardSpawn. Don't worry…I have an exorcist on retainer.
And we're only a week away from Shore Leave 28. Cripes! Where's all the damn time goin'?
Anyway, on to this month's kinda-sorta-pseudo writing update:
- S.C.E. #64: Distant Early Warning - The e-Book went live the first week in June. Woo-Hoo!
- Summon the Thunder - Book started showing up in stores and shipping from online retailers around June 15th or so. Double Woo-Hoo!
- Things Fall Apart - Mere Anarchy: Book 1 - CBS Licensing approved the manuscript, and now we're awaiting any other editor comments and galley proofs so we can put this one to bed.
- "First, Do No Harm" - for the Constellations anthology. Returned galley corrections to the editor on May 12th. This one is a done deal until it shows up in stores!
- Corps of Engineers #1: Turn the Page - Manuscript delivered to the editor on June 19th. Already received feedback and revisions were completed, so it's off to the licensor for approval.
- Enterprise: Mirror Universe project - a novel of approximately 50,000 words or so, with Kevin and I assisting former Enterprise staff writer/producer Mike Sussman with the writing. Manuscript is due August 1st. I'm about 3-5,000 words away from wrapping up my primary writing duties on this (In other words, I can finish this weekend if the fates are kind). I've seen the preliminary cover for the book in which this will appear, along with Dave Mack's TOS novel and Greg Cox's TNG tale, and it looks Sweet.
- Original SF short story - For an open-call anthology. Story sent to editor January 23rd. Waiting to see if it's accepted or rejected.
- Original SF short story - For an open-call anthology. Story is about half-done. Deadline for submissions is July 31st, so I have time, but it's competing for my attention with the Mirror Universe book, and it's losing that fight at the moment. Maybe I can finish it with the holiday coming up.
- Original short story - Outlined and a partial draft is complete. I've found a market for it, so I've got reason to get it done and out the door. Yee-haw! Other stuff with deadlines are still taking priority.
- Original SF short story - I've outlined the first short story based in the "universe" of The Last World War. This one's on the back burner as I take care of projects with deadlines. More info to come as I move forward on it.
- Counterstrike: The Last World War, Book II - Proposal is still in limbo.
- Trek novel solo project - Awaiting editor feedback on proposal.
- Trek novel project with Kevin - Awaiting editor feedback on proposal.
- Tie-in project with Kevin - Kevin has created a third version of this proposal, and is still waiting on me to get off my ass and work on it myself.
- Trek tie-in project - Nothing much more than a hare-brained idea at this point, I've nevertheless written a five-page proposal for it. Not sure if it ever will see the light of day, but I figure it's good for giving the editor a laugh.
- Two articles for Star Trek Communicator magazine with Kevin - These are still on hold pending word on direction of the magazine. Last word I got was that it would be late 2006 or early 2007 before anything would happen.
- Non-fiction/non-genre article (or series of articles) for local/regional magazine or newspaper - Still hanging in limbo. No market for it, so the fire's not really there to write it at the moment. Maybe once I get past a few of these other deadlines....
posted by Dayton Ward # 9:51 PM 
