The ongoing Real Life Family Event (RLFE) is still ongoing. In fact, this coming week is pivotal. It could absolutely affect my output this week. But did it impact this week’s output? I received my first Kirkus review, and it was for Wayland’s Hammer Book 1: Duty of Prisoners. It was an honest review. Is […]
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Progress Report 2026 Week 39
I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to improve my marketing game. Between building an inventory of slideshows for AuthorScale to post and trying to refine the keywords for my Amazon ads, I thought I was making progress. But a couple of things torpedoed those efforts this week. Despite that, all’s not darkness and gloom. […]
Progress Report 2026 Week 38
The problem with long duration Real Life Family Events (RLFEs) is that they’re long duration. Remember the one my family has been dealing with — the one that detonated last week? The blast front will work its way through my family throughout October. And maybe longer. How’d it impact my week? Have I finally started […]
Progress Report 2026 Week 37
Remember me talking about that Real Life Family Event (RLFE) that might go off at any time? It went off. Catastrophically. Yes, it impacted my writing this week. On a brighter note, I experimented more with AuthorScale, and I think I’ve figured a few things out. Also, I worked more with Apple’s Logic Pro and […]
Progress Report 2026 Week 36
As I prepare to use AuthorScale’s output on TikTok (and maybe YouTube), I’ve used the opportunity to change my perspective on what advertising can do. I might have come to a conclusion that I can test! I also had an idea on how to refine my Amazon ads. In addition to that, I tried again […]




