Done! We'll sorta, still have about 10 chapters and 30k words to go, but I'm 50k closer than I was at the start of the month! Glad I did it, but next time I think I'll pace myself more, and aim to take weekends off next time and better utilize my days.

In the home stretch. Passed 45k today, and will hit the 50k mark hopefully before Thanksgiving! The draft currently at about 57k, and will be 90-100k when all said and done. Though, this draft need a lot work to make it readable. I already have a page of changes to make to fix the story.

15 Days into NovNov (November Novel) and I've done about 28k words with about 40k total. It is the very definition of a rushed first draft, but it's getting done about 10 times faster that my first (which is in alpha, beta hopefully in Jan 2026). I think it'll be a lot better after a few edits!

I get a lot of rejection letters, but Pfizer always likes to twist the knife when sending out its "You didn't pass the ATS screening" e-mail at 3am.

It's like they're not even trying anymore...

Me: Maybe 2025 won't be as insane as I first though
2025:

Just testing out what codecs/file types and bit rates I can get away with on this site and still not have it look like garbage. Also, you should play Helldivers 2, it's awesome.

Now that I've forced myself back onto social media, I figured I should say something. Took me a bit of time to figure out what the first thing I wanted to post and decided to go with my favorite picture this year, the April 2024 total eclipse in Burlington, VT.