I’ve started working on the novel again. I mean, I never really stopped… I just switched priorities.

It’s a weird thing to explain to people. I don’t ever really stop writing. In my head, I’m always working on dialogue, situations, plots… it’s always churning. Sometimes on the novel, sometimes on the podcast, sometimes on stop-motion movies that I still really want to shoot but don’t have time for… but always working on something.

But that means that there is usually one project that is the priority. That when the churning in my brain has to translate into words on the page, that’s the one I go for first. Sure, I might still work on a short story or two (I am, in fact, working on one right now), but by default I sit and work on the primary focus. And for the last month, that was the podcast… but now? Now it’s the novel again.

Which is good! I still want to finish it in the next few months to get off to my editor. 2026 is rapidly disappearing (we’re almost at the halfway point!), so I gotta get on that!

Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!