As means of an introduction to "Moon Crater”TM, I thought I’d turn back the clock

and give a timeline of the events that lead to the finishing of the story

over the first decade of the new Millennium... The writing progress

of "Moon Crater"TM actually runs alongside the development of myself

as a writer and these important sign posts will serve to give readers

added insight and hints as to the world of "Moon Crater"TM and beyond...

- C.G.Allan

Time Travel from then to now with the "Moon Crater"TM timeline!
(with more than one hint to the story and listings of short fiction successes to date)



SUMMER 1999 - I scribble a “Lost and Found” story idea whilst reading a weekend broadsheet, over a cup of Fairtrade tea, on volunteer duty in Oxfam Books, Newcastle...

2000 TO 2002 - The tale begins to grow and story elements brew in my head - the idea's a keeper cos it won't go away!



WINTER 2002 - Busy doing nothing one evening, I sit down at my then-girlfriend’s PC and write out the entire Prologue to the book in one sitting...

SUMMER 2003 - Spend two months backpacking around Europe and shape the "Moon Crater"TM universe (and backstory to the novel), all in a little shiny notebook...



AUTUMN 2003 to Summer 2005 - During studies for my MA in Creative Writing, with the help of tutor, I flesh out the story and develop the plot to story’s end!

"Nightie Knight" - a children's poem, read on air 2004

"Click, Click, Click" - a short sci-fi tale, read on air 2004

"About The Size Of It" - a mini epic, read air 2004

"The Thirst for Knowledge" - winner of Student Fiction prize 2004

"Indiana Jones and the Quest of the White Knight" - Fan Fiction prize winner 2005

"Kyle's Courage" - published in "The Big Anthology" (Northumbria Press) 2005

EARLY 2006 - My web presence as a wannabe author begins – I get "one of those blog things", and soon after, set up an Official Writing Site (which you're at now!), then I begin to weave a tangle of scribbles on the web, hoping readers will see the flipside of my words that hide...



MID-2006 - I begin to try to explain (ever cryptically!) what my “Moon Crater”TM novel is about and start to spill its secrets from my keyboard onto the Net...

LATE 2006 - Beginning in Autumn 2006 (and finishing in Spring 2009), I conduct 3 successful '"Moon Crater"TM Fictions Decision Polls"' with readers’ opinions shaping the final story!

EARLY 2007 - I receive news that my contribution to the “One Day In History” blog-a-thon is being preserved for posterity...



MID-2007 - I start my "Big Write-Up" of the novel and give out "Moon Crater"TM 'Key Words' to use in a Wordsearch - find it by clicking on the link at the botton of this page to go back to the main homepage!

"The Strange Story of Stephen Cecil Smith" by CGAllan - placed in the top 15% of entries of The Academy of Children's Writers “22nd Annual Write A Story for Children Competition” 2007

"Indiana Jones & The Curse of the Chinese Whisperer" by CGAllan - a collaborative fan forum story that’s still being told (via theRaider.Net) begun in 2007

MID-2008 - My "Big Type-Up" of the novel is begun and I also create "The Zip Code Challenge" with the promised final reveal of the book's REAL title when the game ends. Also launched is a YouTube “Secrets of my writing study” video... (you can click to go back to CGAllan’s homepage, at the bottom of this page, and search for all these “Moon Crater”TM story exclusives!)

"The Silhouettes & Winds of the Valley" by CGAllan - published in ‘Invisible Ink 2’ Anthology of New Writing (Baineth Press) 2008