The Path to Loss: Progress Report 7

Approaching Infinity: Book Four
59,700 words

There have been some adjustments; maintaining my previous schedule is no longer possible, but book four moves forward and I am committed to finishing it this year.

I wish I had more interesting things to report for this go (and more regularly) but time is elusive and I usually find my self-discipline failing me at the end of the day. I'm trying to change that. I'm now trying to write at least a little every night after putting my daughter to bed. Before, I was waiting to write on the weekends, but that, for various reasons, proved to be fruitless and so disappointing. For the last couple of days, though, I've managed to get to my desk and spit out at least a few hundred words before getting to bed with enough sleep to be able to function at work the next day. Routines are good until they aren't. Some are forever. Let's hope this one sticks.

The Path to Loss: Progress Report 6

Approaching Infinity: Book Four
57,200 Words

With my family here and settled in Honolulu, the hiatus is over. It'll be bit of a challenge now to find time to write, but it certainly beats the alternative. Part 3 of Book 4 is underway and I'm pleased with the (limited) progress I've made so far. I don't plan on missing another progress report so stay tuned!

I don't want to jinx anything... but the audiobook version of The Artifact Competition is currently in production! Updates to follow.

The Path to Loss: Progress Report 5

Approaching Infinity: Book Four

54,400 words

Less productive this month, but I wanted to spend more time moving into the final of the three sections. I’ve mentioned to some that this is going to be a slightly different read than the previous volumes in the series. I can only hope that I’m successful in pulling it off. It does bring us to the very threshold of The Place with Many Doors, so requires some delicate handling and a degree of finesse. Stay tuned!

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The Artifact Competition, Book 1 of the Approaching Infinity series, will be free for download at Amazon.com May 1st through 5th! (US, UK, Canada, Japan)

Finally!

A mere 51 weeks (to the day) after my arrival in Honolulu and we've finally gotten word of my wife's interview date at the US Embassy in Tokyo. May 13th is the magical day.

I say "mere" both honestly and sarcastically: I'm sure many have had this process take much longer (though the NVC processing mail from the US to Japan through France is probably not an expedience for anyone—what was that about?!). But being apart from my wife and daughter for a year now, with another month to go, has been, not surprisingly, very, very difficult.

Anyway, expensive and time-consuming redundancies and poor customer service aside, the process is nearly complete and I can't really express how happy that makes me.

The Path to Loss: Progress Report 4

Approaching Infinity: Book Four
49,300 words

I was hoping to hit a round 50k, but the above number will do—and is not too shabby. Part 2 is coming along nicely, but it's possible that none of the characters see it that way. Pain and suffering all around. Things have to get worse before they can get better. That's just the way of things.