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Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 33 This week reminded me of what I like about writing. It also reminded me of something I don’t like about writing. Among the many things I like about writing is world-building. In particular, I’ve always loved designing the hardware in my stories. At first, in the late […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 32 I learned something important this week. Namely, that the my reactions and mental states when I last wrote novels (about 30 years ago!), and my reactions and mental states now, aren’t the same. You might suspect that I just said something stupendously obvious, and you’re probably right. […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 31 The brick wall’s back. I managed to stay ahead of it for seven solid months. I finished the first draft of Book One: 61 Cygni and got a chunk of Book Two: Epsilon Eridani written. To be honest, I knew I couldn’t evade it forever. My life’s […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 30 I was on vacation last week from my primary career, which meant I got to relax, right? Well, in a sense, because I really, really like writing these books. My relaxation, in other words, revolved around writing book 2. If you read 2021 Week 29’s post, you […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 29 In last week’s post, I set three goals for myself to meet this week: Wrap up Liam Martin’s Plot Turn 1. He’s the Secretary General of the Sol System Defense Protectorate. His story continues from the first book into the second. Dive into Atticus Porter’s Plot Turn […]