First Week of December 2025

This week's goals were:

  1. Design a cover for Book 2 – Done though I might tweak it some.
  2. Finish missing scenes – Done.
  3. Major edits – Done and then some.
  4. First pass audio recording – I'm not quite sure what I meant by that. I'm either way past it or I'm most of the way there. Either way, it will be complete before the impending deadline.

Not goals but still accomplished:

So, that's a pretty good week. I also wrote Web browsers have betrayed us and a bit of flash fiction (bluesky – Sharkey). I'm contemplating whether it makes sense to produce things like the flash fiction and the blog as videos on YouTube instead. I haven't made much traction on social media.

Like ... not talking about sales in that sense. I haven't looked at those yet. 😹

I know how to build a following over time. I did it when Twitter was still a place worth being. In my heart, I feel like the things that build a community remain the same over time. Some jokes. Positive but meaningful discussion. Promoting others' work, not in the hopes that they'll return the favor, but because I genuinely want to see their stuff succeed.

I was never Twitter famous but, while being myself, I did build a group of mutuals that was pretty reasonable at the time I was doing it. I have a feeling that doing that again is going to be a key component of making creativity work as my 'day job' over time.

Next week's goals

  1. Press publish on Book 2 of Vay Ideal before the Smashwords 'deadline'
  2. Write some words on Book 3
  3. Create audiobook account and finish production on audiobook for Death In Transit
  4. Work on super-secret project

It would be great if I could have Book 3 release in audio and ebook simultaneously. I'm getting closer to that possibility but the next step is releasing Death In Transit in audio to begin with.

Personal

This week has been incredibly long. If I didn't have some big goals I need to hit by Monday, I would be trying to take it easy for the next few days.

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