I guess things are going pretty well for me these past couple of days, which is a pleasant state of affairs.

Last night (Wednesday, June 6th) was my final class for the Advanced Commercial Fiction Writing course at UW (University of Washington), wherein I was studying how to more effectively write that which others would pay to read.

Our major project for the term had to be turned in yesterday: the book proposal for our respective novels-in-progress. As is so often the case, I waited until the last moment to assemble the pieces, and the end result was nowhere near what I would prefer to send out as my proposal for The Do Over.

Well, actually... maybe it actually is *near* what I would send out. And, that's the thing. There is still a lot I want to do to flesh out and improve the proposal, but the fact is that I now actually have a proposal. One that I can modify, as need be, but nonetheless one that I can send out, too. And the only reason I have a proposal for The Do Over right now is because I took this course that had this deadline that required me to finish this project by this date.

It may be modest, but it's a start. Another step in the right direction.

I'll give an update soon on how the novel writing itself is coming along. In the meantime, I've managed to put together one more tool that should ultimately help me to sell the finished product.

Progress!