I will remember September 2006 for a number of reasons, the most important of which was that it brought the birth of my daughter. It was a glorious event which I've celebrated and in which I take much pride, to say nothing of the gratitude I feel as baby and mother continue to do just fine.

Now that I've set you up, I'm able to report that my writing output for the month was...well...eh.

Consider yourself warned. On with the rundown:

• Things Fall Apart - Mere Anarchy: Book 1 - This, along with the series' second installment, The Centre Cannont Hold by Mike W. Barr, started being shown as available via eReader.com on or about September 22nd. It's also now available via Mobipocket.com as well as the Simon and Schuster website.
  
  I've created a guide page for the entire mini-series, as well as a set of annotations for our book.
  
  
• Corps of Engineers #1: Turn the Page - Manuscript delivered to the editor on June 19th. Received editorial feedback and revisions were completed, and now we're awaiting licensor approval.
  
  
• Age of the Empress: The Rise of Sato I - for Star Trek: Mirror Universe - Glass Empires. A novel of approximately 50,000 words, with Kevin and I assisting former Enterprise staff writer/producer Mike Sussman with the writing. Returned our copyedit corrections/notes to editor Margaret Clark on September 8th. Now we're basically awaiting further instructions.
  
  The novel will share space with a TOS story by Dave Mack and a TNG tale by Greg Cox. If you want to check out the cover for the other Mirror Universe book, Obsidian Alliances, check out Keith DeCandido's blog entry.
  
  
• "Jack and the Weird-Ass Box" - for the Yard Dog Press anthology Houston, We've Got Bubbas. I returned an updated manuscript along with signed contracts to the editor on September 21st. The anthology is currently slated for a June 2007 publication date. Woo Hoo!
  
  
• Original SF short story - For an open-call anthology. Received word on September 29th that the editors were passing on this story. It wasn't written to conform to any publisher-specific guidelines like the Bubbas story, so I'll probably give it another quick read-through before printing a fresh copy and dropping it in the mail to another market.
  
  
• Original short story - For an open-call anthology/writing contest. Story sent to editors on August 14th. Waiting to see if it's accepted or rejected.
  
  
• Original short story - Outlined and a partial draft is complete. The next item on my list of things to do. No luck finishing this before the baby arrived, or during the two weeks I was home with her and Mom. I hope to have some time to finish this starting tomorrow and perhaps into the coming week.
  
  (Yeah, whatever.)
  
  
• "Texas Pride" - I've outlined this, the first short story based in the "universe" of The Last World War. The next item on my "To Do" list. No, really.
  
  
• Counterstrike: The Last World War, Book II - Proposal is still in limbo, though there's been a bit of fresh talk. Nothing I can report on at the moment, however, though things look better than a did a few months ago.
  
  
• Trek novel project with Kevin - Awaiting editor feedback on proposal.
  
  
• Trek novel project with Kevin - Only the barest of discussions with the editor have been held at this point. Probably won't even try writing a proposal until we've had more time to talk with the editor.
  
  
• Tie-in project with Kevin - After four attempts at writing a proposal, Kevin and I finally decided our basic approach sucked. We're going back to the drawing board and starting over from scratch. The only time table on this one (at present) is us getting our heads and butts correctly wired before wasting an editor's time with it. However, this one's liable to take a backseat as we move on to....
  
  
• Tie-in project with Kevin - A new project that's come along since the last update. This one does have a (sort of) time table, so we're working to finish up our proposal right F-ing now. Tentative due date for turning in a manuscript originally was around February 1, 2007, but it's looking like that will change. More on this as it's appropriate to divulge details.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

Well, there you go. It seemed more impressive in my head.