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Writing Blueprint for Action
Titles are listed in reverse chronology.
April 2005
I am the proud owner of a completed manuscript!
The Pile Reduced ...
Big fish finally nabbed
Still pluggging, still waiting on call
Alone again, naturally . . .
Cap'n Crunch Time
Things are looking up
Chapter 4 in Author's Box
Chapter 4 is a disaster and should be cut! Over my dead body!
The eagle has landed
Esquire's
blogger
Pulling teeth on Chapter 4
Putting some distance between me and the book
March 2005
The verdict is in, we're making our deadline—sort
of
Chapter
3 is in the Author's Box
The
reporter reports
Scary
news of the day!
Surfacing . . .
Sidelined, sort of . . .
Chapter
2 in Author's Box
Crushing
my way through Chapter 2
Crazy,
hazy day on Chapter 2
Playing . . . and plotting various head games
Our
first deleted scene from BFA
Final cover of BFA: AFWC
Waiting
on Chapter 2, no time to edit anyway, fiddling more with Chapter 1
Chapter
1 re-edited by me, back to Mark
Slow day in a dark basement, then the Chinese
feast
My
first edit of Mark's first edit has begun
Getting my stuff together, planning to edit
tomorrow
The cover for BFA:AFWC
The Putnam decision:
Blueprint For Action: A Future Worth Creating
[Mark edits the first draft text from mid-February to mid-March as
Tom travels the world giving talks.]
February 2005
The
Author's Box is Full, and the First Draft is Done
Conclusion Is Written, Leaving Only Preface
Chapter 5 is done, only the Conclusion and Preface
to Go
The
reality of this book's appeal is becoming apparent to me
In AZ to give a speech at Raytheon's annual senior
leadership conference
14
Sections Down, 4 to Go, Last Big Chapter Started
Tap Tap Tap Tap Tapped
Chapter
4 is done, 13 of 18 sections in the Author's Box
Left
College For Good, Book Rolls On
7,500
words on a sad, sad day
Bush's State of Union is better than mine, but not
by much
Vol.
II as Travelogue: Writing the Blueprint for Action to Denmark and
Back
January 2005
Checking in from "somewhere in Northern Virginia"
Just not there
Halfway There: 9 Sections Down, 9 To Go
8 Sections Down, 10 To Go; Starting Chapter 3
I am officially middle-aged
Snow Blind in Rhode Island = Slow Day to Plan
7 Down, 11 To Go, And Chapter Two of Five Is In
The Bag
Blitzer was nice, but writing day screwed up
Rumbling rumbling rumbling . . .
Feeling better about the text
Hard day writing
Some day! Feeling WIRED!
5 Down, 13 to Go on
PNM's Blueprint for Action
Prep Day for first section of Chapter Two
9,146 words
The never-ending typing . . .
One frustrating day
Coming out of the fog
6,500 words in, but who's counting?
Day One of Writing: Three Dozen Steps to a Future Worth Creating
The outline complete, and a new title to boot
The lull before the storm
Approaching the tipping point
December 2004
First incision, going in
Keeping my eyes on the prize
PNM popping up all over the dial
Facing unemployment on Christmas Eve
A glimpse inside my world
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