What I've Been Up To
(Updated: March 24, 2026 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
- I'm working on the 4th (and final major, end-to-end) draft of a new sci-fi novel called Methuselahs, and still querying another sci-fi novel called Yore, which takes place in the same 'universe' as Yore, but is otherwise completely disconnected.
- After suffering a weird tendon injury that's taken nearly half a year to heal (almost there!), and now that the sidewalks aren't all persistently glazed in ice, I'm getting back into my alternating gym and running routine, which feels amazing.
- I've just finished a round of updates for my Truly Simple Tools apps, adding some new features requested by users, along with a few bug fixes and ideas of my own. I'm also working on a couple of new iOS/macOS apps: a personal wiki for writers (and other worldbuilders) so it's easier to keep track of everything and note connections, and a simple word tracker for writers working on projects or aiming to maintain writing rituals.
- Earlier this month I passed the one-year mark for my MKE Meetups project, around the same time surpassing 1,000 subscribers on the mailing list and announcing a website version (with a searchable calander and map). Feeling good about how it's progressing! Very rewarding, hearing lots of wonderful stories from folks who're using it to find new hobbies and real-life groups of people/friends, which is exactly what I'd hoped for, and increasingly important at a moment in which the majority of our casually accessible social and communication channels are all digital (and often operate in accordance with incentives that are not aligned with these goals).