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Intel

Intel

Converted Words Into Literal Text, 1.5k Words Today

on Aug 13 2026
Manuscript Target: 161,950 words of 180,000 words Session Target: 1,516 of 1000 words Original Post

Kickstarter Update: Leatherbound Editions are Complete

on Aug 12 2026
The Leatherbound editions are ready to be shipped

I Learned of My Father's Death

on Aug 10 2026
This morning, I received news of the death of my father. 

2,786 Words Completed Today

on Jul 28 2026
From the outside it looks like long delays, with periodic updates that speak of progress. But behind the black curtain, massive gears are moving.

New Word Count Guess: 175K, Now at 146K

on Apr 16 2026
For those who are following progress on the second novel, another snapshot. The target word count is, of course, just guesses, and there's still some summary text being unavoidably included in the word count, because the software I use isn't a sophisticated as I'd like... a lot of development time was spent instead on features no one needs. As a retired software engineer, I could make my own novel writing software... but that would be a project that isn't the sequel. Suffice to say, don't look too hard at the upper progress bar. It's a wild guess. The point is that the project is moving, and any project that keeps making progress eventually must finish. Manuscript Target: 146,539 words of 175,000 words Session Target: 1,275 of 1000 words Original Post

145k of 150k Words Completed

on Apr 13 2026
145k out of 150k words completed on Box of Trouble

142k of 150k Words Completed

on Apr 04 2026
142k of 150k words completed on Box of Trouble

140k of 150k Words Completed

on Apr 03 2026
140k out of 150k words completed on Box of Trouble

134k of 150k Words Completed

on Mar 18 2026
134k words completed on Box of Trouble

Slowly Rebuilding My Ability to Write.

on Mar 14 2026
When people ask where the sequel is, I owe them an honest answer. After Theft of Fire took off, my wife nearly died from cancer, and the aftermath broke my writing—now I’m slowly rebuilding it.

Facts, Not Promises: The State of Book Two

on Nov 20 2025
The delay on Box of Trouble wasn’t burnout or laziness—it was real life, cancer, hospitals, and the creative shutdown that comes with crisis. Now the cancer is gone, the story is structurally complete, and progress is real—because I finally asked for help.

Theft of Fire Audiobook Complete!

on Oct 14 2025
The audiobook is finished. Thanks to my kickstarter backers and everyone who made it possible.

Devon Responds to Box of Trouble Delay

on Aug 11 2025
Devon's response to "you wrote a will-they-wont-they prince and the pauper in space and there's no part 2 yet low blow"

Audionbook Mastering of Theft of Fire Complete

on Aug 01 2025
As of today, audio mastering for the Theft of Fire audiobook is complete. 

I Just Wanted to Write a Scene, Not Reinvent Space Travel

on Jul 22 2025
To write Chapter 8, I had to design orbital infrastructure, spin gravity docking, a gas giant extraction system, and a Mars terraforming plan—before writing a single sentence. Next series: fantasy. Definitely.