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May is here! Where’s my next book?

It’s coming, it’s coming! Last time we checked in, a month ago, I’d just finished chapters I to VI of The Shortcut, although the name is still under consideration. The Long Way Home appeals to me as a name too, as … Continue reading

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Random thoughts again, only now it’s Thursday.

I’m probably going to take another little hiatus while I work on the next book of The Steal of Time. For reference, that will be Grifter’s Heart and at latest draft I had five parts of it ready to post. That … Continue reading

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Random Saturday Thoughts, 2

Burns Supper tonight. I’m piping a little bit, although I don’t really want to anymore. I don’t want to do anything, I’m just so fucking exhausted all the time. Feeling okay this morning but it was a Hell of a … Continue reading

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Weekender, April 2019, Part 1: Is This Month Over Yet?

I planned to have a bit more ready for this weekend, maybe even start my official word count for The Last Days of Earth, but it looks like I’m still getting up to speed after Greyblade and my little blog … Continue reading

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Sick leave: Requiem

Day 87. 79 pages, 33,429 words. Feeling better and I went back to work today after a solid day’s rest with only occasional headaches (unwelcome) and bouncing-on from children (more welcome). Wump is off school for autumn holiday which is … Continue reading

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Housekeeping

Day 20. 52 pages, 23,054 words. After a fun but very busy weekend, it’s almost relaxing to be back at work. The whole gang’s back from summer holidays and starting to ramp up. Not a lot to report though. The … Continue reading

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Sunday

Day 19. 49 pages, 22,067 words. Pre-writing, but I understand we’re going to a cousin-in-law’s and a second-cousin-in-law’s combined birthday party today, so that’ll be nice. Hope it’s not too hot to make eating cake a struggle. Follow-up: Humid, raining, … Continue reading

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A brief treatise on why I appreciate my friends

Day 17. 38 pages, 17,300 words. Not too long ago, I was asked by a friend “why are you even friends with that person?” in reference to another friend. Not too long before that, I was asked by a different … Continue reading

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1800 posts, 1000 tweets, and signing off for the summer

As promised, I’m going to take a bit of a break for the next four weeks. I’ll blog up anything that strikes me as super important or inspiring (can’t promise my work on incels, Batman, or Boonie the weasel’s back-story … Continue reading

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Interlude: Metrics!

So I had a few minutes at the end of my Friday, and I had a random slightly-sleep-deprived idea to show my second short story anthology metrics in a new and interesting way. Stay with me on this. On average, … Continue reading

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