Progress Post

I only had one (major) Real Life Family Event (RLFE) this week, and its timing was about as good as I could have hoped. How much impact did it have on my output? I’ve moaned and complained how hard it is to write about Nazis. Turns out that’s not the whole story. A combination of […]

I got an e-mail that triggered a philosophical crisis. That might sound like an exaggeration, but it’s not. I had to think longer and harder to come up with a response, and I’m still not sure I got it right. Also, the character Gerhard Wimmer continues to be difficult to write, but not impossible. And, […]

I ran into two issues writing this week — one typical for one of my books and the other unique to Wayland’s Hammer. The net effect? Well, you’ll see. I also miscalculated my weekly goals with regard to Miblart, and it had nothing to do with them — they did their typical great job. Finally, […]

That was a challenging week. It delivered a much higher occurrence than average of Real Life Family Events (RLFEs). With my energy depleted by watching the elected leader of my country sell us out to an enemy (undoing 80+ years of work — not to mention endangering the entire planet), I wasn’t in the best […]

It seems like forever since I started plotting Wayland’s Forge Book 1: Conventional Forces. It was really only been since February 3rd, but it feels a lot longer. Did I finally manage to finish the outline and start writing? I’ve been pondering the implications of some of the subject matter in Conventional Forces. The book […]