Writing Life Milestone: Filled My Journal

Today marked a small milestone in my writing life: I filled my journal. Looking back, my first entry was “Summer 2011 Goals” and started in June following my college graduation. The first half of this journal began as part diary and part check list, detailing highlights of my day and the writing/career/activity goals I achieved. The second half finished as a log of daily page counts from my writing life. In the last entry of the diary section, February 2014, I found an especially dear and hilarious final entry. It describes my cute meet with Derek (described as the “best boyfriend ever – no joke”) and waiting to hear back from Kensington Publishing after submitting the full manuscript of The City Beneath. Little did I know at the time that I had met my future husband and the traditional publisher for my debut novel!