2013 looks like it might take the title for me as the most prolific writing year I ever had. Here are the highlights:

January – May

• Published the paperback version of Beauty Rising
• Wrote mini-musical “Captured in Time & Space” and the short play “No in Spite of Itself”
• Started writing my third novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree
• Finished and submitted my Master’s thesis (about 75 pages including citations – approved in May.): NINETEEN FORTY-FIVE INDOCHINA BETWEEN RHETORIC AND REALITY: The Shifting Policies of the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations

June – August

• Finished writing my third novel in early July.
• Wrote seven short plays – “Black & White”, “Skydiver”, “The Loudest Child in Church”, “I Once Was Blind”, “Jerome, The Malevolent God-King”, “The Giant Squid that Ate Georgetown”
• Finished final editing for my second novel, The Recluse Storyteller

Sept – Dec

• My play “No in Spite of Itself” won best script in 2013 Short & Sweet Festival Penang
• Published my second novel, The Recluse Storyteller  (Oct)
• My musical “Captured in Time & Space” and “Almighty Might” were performed as part of the Short & Sweet Festival KL
• I wrote (with a group of student writers) a full-length musical, Boardwalk Melody, to be produced in 2014.
• I directed my drama troupe’s production of “RLT Players present ‘Captured in Time & Space.'”
• I wrote a Christmas short story, “Angel on the Courthouse”, for my hometown paper “The Butler Eagle”.
• I started writing my fourth novel. To be finished in 2014.

Very fun and productive year. Much more to look forward to in 2014! I’ll highlight that in my next post.