January, Sixty, and the Long View

 
January 6, 2026

It’s been a long time since I last wrote anything here. A new year has started, and in a few days I’ll turn sixty.

I’ve been working quietly in the background—more than it might look like from the outside. Several books have been moving forward, sometimes slowly, sometimes in bursts. I’m still aiming for the January 30th release of the Kars Vandor series, and I’m also returning to running role-playing games after a longer break than I planned. A month and a half away was good for rest, but I’m ready to be back at the table.

I don’t know what the next few weeks or months will bring. The world feels noisy and unstable in ways that are hard to predict, and I don’t have much wisdom to offer about that. What I do know is that paying too much attention to the chaos doesn’t help me write better stories or run better games.

So I’m choosing to focus on the work.

Writing. Worldbuilding. Characters who still surprise me. Sitting down with players and letting stories emerge that none of us could have planned. Traveller, Bladerunner, Twilight:2000, D&D 5th Edition. These are the things I can control, and they’re the things that have carried me through every uncertain period before.

If you’re still reading this—thank you. More is coming. Quietly, steadily, and with intent.