It’s 2026, and my vacation’s ending. So, we’re starting off with two causes for sadness! Joking aside, I needed my vacation time to keep my word count up. It’s one of those things that I should have anticipated, but I just didn’t think about it. Also, I came up with new supporting evidence for something […]
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Progress Report 2025 Week 52
The month-long Real Life Family Event (RLFE) continued unabated, and that had a huge impact on my writing time this week. Compounding that is that I’m going to physical therapy for something I did to my hip. That’s not so much a time issue (the visits are around four hours a week) as an energy […]
Progress Report 2025 Week 49
Real Life Family Events (RLFEs) were back on the agenda this week. One of them was pretty big, too. And that’s not counting the whole Thanksgiving thing! In addition, I may have found a good use for generative AI — a use that doesn’t take work away from human folk. At least, that’s how it […]
Progress Report 2025 Week 45
The old saying that you don’t appreciate something until it’s gone hit home last week. In my case, it’s one of those things that underlies almost everything I do, so it’s been, let’s say, an interesting week! Also, I’m learning more and more about the audiobook tools I’m using, including some pleasant surprises. I can […]
Progress Report 2025 Week 40
As I listen to Amazon Virtual Voice’s audio narration for Dreams of Deucalion Book 3: Bait and Bleed, I had time to reflect. I came to two conclusions that will affect what I work on until early next year. While I’m not working on Bait and Bleed, I’m still trying to finish listening to the […]




