‘Tis the season for Real Life Family Events (RLFEs). They stalked me all week. Again. Was I able to hit my word count targets? Did my house give up any secrets — like a room I could use as a recording booth for audiobooks? Plus, this week I ran into a major technical issue with […]
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Progress Report 2026 Week 26
I spent a lot of time with audio work this week. I have nothing tangible to show for it, and the reason is pretty embarrassing. Though the efforts had an unintended positive side effect! Also, as I worked on The Fissure Kings Book 1: Semele’s Lament, I discovered a serious flaw in Trent Raven’s arc. […]
Progress Report 2026 Week 25
I’m redoubling my efforts to learn Apple’s Logic Pro for three reasons — all three revolving around my audiobooks. How’re things going in that quarter? Also, it was another week of Real Life Family Events (RLFEs). What impact did they have on my writing output? Finally, Wayland’s Hammer continues to be unpublished. Have I figured […]
Progress Report 2026 Week 24
I made a sobering discovery about my house this week, and it affects my goal to record two sample chapters from Wayland’s Hammer Book 1: Duty of Prisoners. Did I meet the goal of recording those two chapters for my newsletter? Also, there’s some other progress to report on Wayland’s Hammer Book 2: Resistance Movement […]
Progress Report 2026 Week 23
I made a command decision that affected both my word count and my ability to hit half of my goals for this week. Did my word count suffer? Or did my other goals? Also, I analyzed the top one hundred Amazon hard science fiction best sellers. At first, I was one of those mixtures of […]




