Painting 20 out of approximately 60-70.

Outlined 10 out of 10 books.

Written 10 out of 10 books.

Researched 1 out of countless publishers.

Typed up 0 of 10 books.

Scanned 0 of 8 paintings.

Edited 10 out of 10 books twice.

Put together final copy of 0 out of 10 books.
Finished sketching 3 of 10 books.
Finished illustrating 2 of 10 books.

Today, I finished off the sketches for the third book, currently named "Air-balloon Adventure" but, that title is subject to change. Also, i decided to add two more illustrations to each book, one at the beginning of Delilah sleeping and one at the end of her sitting up in her bed, awoken by the dream she as having. So that's four more paintings to do. Making a total of 9 pictures in "Air-balloon Adventure", and about six more to paint from remaining books.

Friday January, 13 (dun dun dunnn)

  So the other day I was in Toronto visiting my grad parents and because i'm a paint-o-holic I brought along my supplies. It turns out I finished all some-odd fifteen paintings for "Lost In Candy land", but I ran out of white paint for a pastel-themed palette so my dad went out and bought a bottle for me at Wal-Mart. It was $5.00. Ouch. I guess being consistent has it's price.

Again, an old yet important entry:

Dec.12.2011

  Today, I finished illustrating my second book. Lost in Candy land. In total it took 15 illustrations, so far I have painted four. Big woop eh? Well, I can say its been hectic with exams and Christmas coming up. Also, I'll be leaving this week to visit my terminally ill grandfather in Toronto. He's got cancer. So ill be taking a break from the book. As soon as the Christmas hullabaloo is over I'll be back on the saddle. Mainly becuse my break from school goes well into January and I have nothing to do during the daytime. Those are my productive painting hours. A fresh start, a cup of tea, and some good acrylics.

Here are a couple of entries I wrote when I first started the project:


Today is November first, after a riotous Halloween night, I come to find myself finished all paintings of the fourth book, painted during the previous weekend. Therefore, my first book is completely illustrated. The Friendless Fish is finished as far as painting goes.

Tonight I finished my sixth and seventh painting of the fourth book in the series entitled "Friendless Fish" 

Why paint the fourth book first? It was actually intended to be the first book in the series but after some rearranging to benefit the plot line, it was placed fourth out of ten, and the book concerning candy land was first to attract attention from a certain target audience. 

I've sketched out the eighth and should be painting it along with the ninth one tomorrow night. It's very relaxing, and i'm ecstatic that i get to use class time to do one of my favorite things.

  Hey, my name is Melissa Major. I'm working on an individual integrative project. Over the course of one school year I will be attempting to finish writing, illustrating, editing and possibly publishing a series of children's books. The names of the series is "Delilah's Dreams". So far, I've come up with a system, to update you on my progress. 

Here it is:
Painting 20 out of approximately 60-70.

Outlined 10 out of 10 books.

Written 10 out of 10 books.

Researched 2 out of countless publishers.

Typed up 0 of 10 books.

Scanned 0 of 8 paintings.

Edited 10 out of 10 books once.

Put together final copy of 0 out of 10 books.
Finished illustrating 2 of 10 books.