2006:0608
Sixth draft of Edge of Remembrance, completed. Shopping for agent and publisher.

2005:0310
Refinement continued on Edge of Remembrance: Of Gods and Dragons, as third draft nears completion. Beginning work on non-fiction work, The Gods Among Us.

2004:0913
Second draft done. First book, Edge of Remembrance: Of Gods and Dragons, taken to market. Second book tentatively titled, Edge of Remembrance: Tales of Atlantis Lost.

2004:0830
Reassessed story structure, length, and marketability. Trilogy parts judged to be too short. Found clean break near half-way point by shifting many subplots to the last half of the story.

2004:0802
Part 1 of trilogy nearing completion of second draft.

2004:0615
Novel split into three books of roughly equal parts. Rework begun on adjusting story lines to work with the new breaks.

2003:0622
Additional readers begin critiquing early chapters. Second draft begun in earnest.

2003:0526
First draft completed: 1,028 pages, 61 chapters. Work sent to early readers for review.

2003:0502
Draft of 849 pages, 49 chapters (including all of Part 3).

2003:0329
Draft of 682 pages, 39 chapters (including all of Part 2).

2003:0226
Draft of 456 pages, 27 chapters (including all of Part 1).

2003:0124
Draft of 235 pages, 13 chapters.

2002:1202
Rough draft of 65 pages. Full-time work begun on novel.

2002:1004
First several chapters roughed out. Overall structure of the story settled into place — Part 1, A Myth of Gods; Part 2, A Legend of Dragons; Part 3, An Age of Heroes; Part 4; Heritage. Consolidation of years of notes nearing completion.

2001:1017
First draft of the last night in Atlan.

1999:0606
First early chapter begun — a visit to Gunter's dig site, and Fernando Etxebeste's confrontation.