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Q1 2026
A lull Massive amounts of progress in the new project, which is on track. We hit three major milestones in the past three months, the last two back to back in consecutive weeks. We’ve spent the last few days in a lull. The next milestone will likely come in early April.
I’m finding it difficult to switch gears back to focusing on the book… I need to keep context around the new project in mind, which eats into my creative headspace.
Q4 2025
Busy busy busy The new project took a sharp left turn in early December. In its new configuration, it’s maybe only two-thirds as difficult and complex, and our time frames are a bit more flexible. In theory, we should have tons of extra time, energy, and headspace to focus on other things, like my book. In practice, we’re still reeling from our earlier intense push, and we’re just focused on making a little progress each day as we recover.
September 2025 in writing
Baby steps To cut to the punchline: I didn’t get anywhere near as much writing as I’d have liked to this month.
I even debated whether to publish a blog post at all. Why publish a blog post that says “Not much to see here, not much happened”?
But a lot has happened. And I’ve established the cadence, and until I officially change it, I should stick to it.
August 2025 in writing
So much to do, so little time I finished nearly all of my draft 6 outline refactor, but progress has slowed to a crawl. I’m going to start writing and address the rest as I go. Ironically, mid-month I was champing at the bit to get to drafting. Now that I believe I’m ready, life has left me distracted and unfocused.
Part of this is the fundamental disagreement I have with my developmental editor that strikes at the core of the book.
July 2025 in writing
Manuscript progress In the first half of the month, I finished refactoring the 1st POV’s outline; I’m pleased with how it turned out. The story will be stronger for it.
In the second, I received my developmental edit back! Lots of great feedback here: some that I enjoyed hearing, others that I needed to hear. I took some time absorbing it and responding. We’ll discuss in the coming days.
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