Progress

I began outlining Destalis in early 2004. I took the original plot & characters from Crystalia and molded them into a much more cohesive story. Starting in January 2005 and ending on June 15, 2008, I wrote the rough draft of the manuscript (what I consider draft 2), which ended up being over 274,00 words. The story was edited heavily in 2008-2009 by both myself and two different critique groups (draft 4 now stands at roughly 192,000 words). As of September 2009, I've been brainstorming how best to apply the feedback I received.

I wrote Beyond Cloud Nine in creative writing class during my senior year of high school. If memory serves, the assignment was to write a single page. But not me. I wrote a prologue and first chapter of a Top Gun-like space opera. In December 2008, with Destalis nearing completion, I decided to resurrect the story for my second novel. As of April 2010, I've completed roughly one-third of the manuscript.