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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.
36 key keyboard
I love my Voyager. But I noticed that it’s a little too noisy to use in the middle of a bunch of people quietly reading. Plus, while it’s fairly compact, it’s still larger than I need it to be. There are a number of keys I don’t use that much, especially the widest thumb keys, which are spaced out a little too far for my small hands. I could easily go with a smaller footprint keyboard and move certain rarely used keys to another layer.
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