So here we are, hurtling toward 2026 and running out of days to write and post annual updates and status reports. 2025 has been a strange year for me, creativity-wise. By some measures, I can reckon two creative failures and one big win. Early in the year, I had lots of time and two exciting projects in the pipeline. The first was a dreampunk novel that played with the nature of reality. The other was a novel-in-verse retelling of a lesser-known episode from the Trojan War. I felt confident t...

So here we are, hurtling toward 2026 and running out of days to write and post annual updates and status reports. 2025 has been a strange year for me, creativity-wise. By some measures, I can reckon two creative failures and one big win. Early in the year, I had lots of time and two exciting projects in the pipeline. The first was a dreampunk novel that played with the nature of reality. The other was a novel-in-verse retelling of a lesser-known episode from the Trojan War. I felt confident t...