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Steve’s Update 1/28/2018

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Here’s my latest update!

So what have I done the last week(s)?

  • Moving: Well, the move continues.  Actually most of it is done.  My goal is to finish it – and get back on top of all of my projects.  So far that’s promising.
  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet: I actually got back to editing.  There’s two major arcs I need to work on, one of which will involve some noteable rewrites to enhance characters.  However it looks very good to be ready for pre-readers end of March.  However publication is probably September.
  • Long-Term Planning: I’ve been working on my long-term plans, more on that later.

What am I going to do this week:

  • Move: Well, that’s obvious.
  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet: I hope to do more editing.
  • Writing: Going to aim for some blogging as well.

General

  • My long-term writing planning is shaping up.  Largely it’ll be upgrading some of my small career books, a few smaller books (probably including Way With Worlds minibooks), and starting a book on Randomness and Imagination.
  • For Seventh Sanctum long-term I want to work on new generators, of course, but also some resource pages.

– Steve

The Wash

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Yeah this isn’t a post about Agile per se, or writing, or anything.  It’s about life.

Sometimes you gotta take a wash.

I got sick (ironically from going to the doctor’s for a checkup where I was otherwise fine).  That was a pain, but my roommate got a new job, meaning I got to move in with my girlfriend earlier than intended.  It turned into a synergy of illness, surprises, and more.  Pretty much most of my projects had to go on hold.

At first I was annoyed with that, like I had to keep on schedule.  But the truth is we all have limits, interruptions, and more.

So I took a wash.  I set aside everything but the move and life stuff, did what I could on my other projects, and didn’t beat myself up.  That felt a lot better.

Sometimes you just have to take a wash.  Sometimes things can’t get done.  Living with it and doing what you can is important to adapting and keeping your sanity.

We often get taught to follow a schedule as if it’s a commandment, to feel bad if we can’t do what we planned.  We’re taught to self-flagellate.

Nah.  Sometimes you gotta take a wash.

Of course next month I’ll be back at it and I have some projects planned out to a year from now.

 

– Steve

Steve’s Update 1/22/2018

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Here’s my latest update  . . . and first of all . . .

So what have I done the last week(s)?

  • Been Sick: I either got food poisoning or a stomach flu and was laid up for awhile.  So nothing much else got done, especially when you add in the move.  Like, really I was not happy.
  • Way With Worlds Minibooks: The $2.99 thing really did not seem to encourage people to buy my books, so back to $0.99, or at least observe sales trends.  Maybe the “mini” nature means people DO value 99 cents, and they are for casual pickup.

What am I going to do this week:

  • “A Bridge To The Quiet Planet:” Back to editing.
  • The Move:  I’ve moved some social plans around to make space for this, so I hope it won’t impact my schedule much more.
  • Other Stuff: Pretty much it’s down to minimum here as I recover and move.

General

  • I probably need to assess my project schedule after or around this move.  But I expect to be on all cylenders in March.

– Steve