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Steve’s Update 4/3/2022

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Note, I’m thinking of making these bi-weekly to coincide with the larger status in my newsletter. Really, not enough interesting happens between less than two weeks!

The Way With Worlds series: “Misinformation, Disinformation, Propaganda, and Worldbuilding” is going to be late due to my editor catching a cold (just a cold).  So no big deal there, expect it around mid-April.  It’s going to be pretty awesome, in my hum.ble opinion, so I don’t mind a delay – and I’ve caught up on more things (see below).  Also banging out new covers when I can.

“The Agile Writer’s Mindset”:  Because of the Way With Worlds delay, I’ve already brainstormed this out one into a partial outline and will start writing in about two weeks!  The basic idea of the book is to look at major “parts” of writing, and how to develop a healthy Agile approach to each.  For instance, learning how to write sustainably and not burn yourself out.

The Compendium of Writing Advice: Still in mind, but not edited.  I’ll revisit after the next WWW book is out.

The Seventh Sanctum rewrite: OK now one generator left (the Anime Attack one) and I’ve got it.  I’m also solidifying code here and there and have a completely functional test site!  So Q2 is definitely in my sights, and I’ve figured out a way to build in some failover to go to the old site.  After over a year – during crazy times – it’s happening.

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Steve’s Update 3/20/2021

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Here’s my latest update!

The Way With Worlds series: “Misinformation, Disinformation, Propaganda, and Worldbuilding” goes to the editor today or tomorrow.  A bit of a haul to write, but I think you’ll enjoy it!  The cover-redo looks promising – I found I can remake one cover in 15 minutes or so.  That’s easy, its republishing each book that would be a pain.

“The Agile Writer’s Mindset”:  Pretty sure it’ll start somewhere around mid-April.  I may take a vacation in April which may give me time or interfere.  A slight delay wont be a problem – Agile is all about adaptability!

The Compendium of Writing Advice: On hold until things are a little saner.

The Seventh Sanctum rewrite: The generator conversion is done, except for one or two holdouts (and one I think I can fix with a slight rewrite).  So as I clear things up I’ll do some testing of the site.  Right now it’s launchable, but I’d like to get these other parts out of the way an work out a few extra bits to handle things like generator redirection.

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Steven Savage

Steve’s Update 10/3/2021

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A School of Many Futures: The print copy is coming soon – it took a few days more than I expected but I got some good insights out of formatting.  I give it a few more weeks before it’s ready.  

“The Agile Writer’s Mindset”: This is still in the brainstorming phase – and may have spawned a third book to work on in 2022.  It’s going to have a different voice, helping people see differently, while still having to use techniques.  I’ll be a better writer after this.

The Way With Worlds series: I’ll start writing the next book this month!  Really looking forward to getting back into it.  For 2022 I plan to do 3 books at least.

The Seventh Sanctum rewrite: After solving one more coding problem, I’ve got two generators left.  So I’m tired of tweaking generator code and I’m going to work on a test deployment to refresh myself.  I really should have done this years ago, but at least now I know Python and Flask!

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