What's your Publishing Timeline?

I'm calling for authors of SF, fantasy, horror to post a timeline of events from the day the editor says "yes" to the day the book hits store shelves.  I'd like to gather some data on what other authors go through, how long the contract negotiations last, how long the editing, copyediting phases last.  I'd like to track title changes, cover art changes, and when in the sequence of events authors/editors/agents begin to seek blurbs, issue press releases, distribute advanced reader copies. 

Build yor own, post them, comment here or email me at chrishoward.author@gmail.com

Be as detailed as you like.  You can write a simple list of dates and what happened, or you can put down every day and what happened. 

I posted my publishing timeline a week ago, and I've included links to my original Visio doc along with a couple other formats, SVG and VXD (XML format), and less useful but printable PNG.

Download my timeline here:
VSD - Visio 2003 format | VDX format | SVG format | 600 dpi PNG  

Use any of these as a basis for your own timeline.  I've placed them under a Creative Commons Share Alike license:
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

I have posted mine for SEABORN (http://www.saltwaterwitch.com) which will be out in July from Juno Books, roughly 14 months from the editor saying "yes," my agent and editor finalizing the contract, to the book hitting the stores:

Click the pic to view it larger.

Comments

[Natasha Vincent]

No one has commented on your graphic? It's extremely helpful to writers wishing to promote themselves along with providing a sense of the time it takes to get to market.

Good job and congrats on your book!

[Chris Howard]

Thanks, Natasha! I'm hoping the delay in commenting has to do with the time it takes an author to create their timeline. Hope I'm not asking too much.

[Benjamin Parzybok]

This was fun to read and very helpful - and superb chart-making.
I'm only half way through my timeline as of yet so don't have a chart to make yet, however my timeline seems to be shorter - accepted beginning of January, publish date Nov 1. Actually my status is very similar to your as of today's date. I especially liked reading the months of 8/1 - 10/1.
Best of luck on the book,
Ben

[Chris Howard]

Thanks, Ben! Let me know if you post a timeline for Couch. I'd love to see it. (I sub'd your blog).