tuftears | Status Report for February, 2025

It has been another month, hasn't it! Time seems to pass so slowly when you are in the midst of it, and then when you get out on the shore to look, it's just rushing on by.

WRITING:

I have largely been rewriting The Timecrossed Engineer to address

rowyn's comments! I just finished that the other day, and have been letting it sit for a bit, then I'll go and reread it to make sure everything still makes sense and that I haven't left out something important.

I also worked out a revised outline for Alien Tastes to pack a reasonable amount of plot into the first book. That will make this draft 6.

I have been ambushed by a Cursed Idea. This is an idea that is probably not a good idea, but that is nevertheless difficult to put down, much like cursed equipment in RPGs. I have broken it out into a separate document to work on it for a while because muses pout if you don't let them have their way.

RPGs:

I have been running Starforged for Jared and Paul. It's going pretty well, it's keeping us entertained on Caturday evenings at least. They've reached the free port of the sector, so basically the 'quest hub'.

HUMDRUM NECESSITIES:

Taxes done. I didn't owe quite as much as I thought I did, which is good.

Cleaned out the five air purr-ifiers I have around the house.

LOOKING FORWARD:

I'm guessing I'll have a physical checkup soon, I had it in April last year.

I'm planning to get Timecrossed Engineer finished and then book-ify it and toss it onto Amazon and Smashwords for cheap just to actually have self-published a book. Unless I'm persuaded to get another first read, which is possible.

Once that's done, I anticipate splitting time between Alien Tastes and the Cursed Idea. We'll see how it goes.

My older bro is planning a move. This is somewhat scary because I've relied on him being around in this area. If he moves, I'll probably wind up moving as well, but probably not the same place he's going because I'd like to go somewhere with friends I'd hang out with on a regular basis. We'll see how that goes. There is a lot we want to get done, like cleaning up an aunt's house. (she's a hoarder)

March 8th will mark the anniversary of my last day at Google and thus one full year of retirement. Whew.