Struggling to write has led me to wake up earlier, and I'm trying to come up with more YouTube content. I'm also reading one of my all-time favorite series to my kids, I'm reading thrillers, and I'm thinking about how the way you reveal things in a story can pull you forward, and how many of those choices depend on the kind of story you're trying to tell.

Rewriting is progressing, but not as quickly as I'd like, partly due to physical injury. But I have been able to start recording a new audiobook and record a few videos. Also, my daughter loves spelling words, I'm reading a unique book on writing, and I've found an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to keeping myself motivated over time.

Editing is going slowly but smoothly, but I'm having complications with my latest audiobook. I do have book reviews up in a new place, however, and I've been watching sad Disney movies, reading good books, and thinking about the impact of titles that don't quite make sense at first.

I'm plugging away slowly at audiobook production and novel editing, while also wrapping up my current YouTube series! I also have thoughts about the different ways my girls think, the writing style of Connie Willis, and what kinds of romance I can actually enjoy.

I am FINISHED recording my next audiobook, and have big plans for the rest of the series! I'm also getting great reader feedback on my next book, working on thinking up new YouTube content, and taking my daughter on a special bookstore date. I also read too many bleak thrillers in a row, and post-workout soreness has me contemplating how it can be so much easier to continue than to restart.

I produced and posted an audiobook in less than 24 hours, and I've been working on several other projects as well. Moving my websites for one thing. Also, my baby loves reading, I'm reading a good book, and I'm thinking about what made me start loving fiction again last year.

There's a very particular reason I put off working on my current audiobook for many years, and it's weird returning to that point in the series while simultaneously working on my new book! I'm also starting to think about getting my tax stuff together, reading a book with some major red flags, and thinking about the difficulty of trying to run a creative business in a changing world.

I'm finding many, many things I need to fix in the first draft of my latest book, as always, and I'm having technical issues trying to record and edit audiobooks, also as always! I also got my daughter a special gift, I finally finished Nicholas Nickleby, and I have mixed feelings on the movie "Here."

I'm finally back, after a long holiday break! I have plans for the 2025, new routines to figure out, and lots and lots of reading to do. I also got a little help in encouraging my daughter to want to learn to read, I'm making good progress on the Radialloy audiobook, and trying to learn how to tell the difference between giving up on something and realizing when something really is not working.