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Multimedia Artist & Author

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Writing Progress Review #24 – Staying on Track

https://alanlangford.com/2026/08/24/writing-progress-review-24-staying-on-track/

Published: August 24, 2026 17:33

Our bi-weekly Writing Progress Review #24 is up. In this episode we dive right into progress (relatively speaking, less than a minute of chat). I edited 32 pages, two over my minimum goal, and just ten pages short of finishing this pass (my real goal). We…

I’m *Still* Editing

https://alanlangford.com/2026/08/18/im-still-editing/

Published: August 18, 2026 21:06

My working title for this issue was "The Glacial Pace of Edits" but things are picking up! Writing I continue to work on the seemingly endless edit of my novel, although the end is getting closer and closer, with just some forty pages to go as of this…

Writing Progress Review #23 Breaking Through the Wall

https://alanlangford.com/2026/08/13/writing-progress-review-23-breaking-through-the-wall/

Published: August 13, 2026 14:57

Our bi-weekly Writing Progress Review #23 is up. We start with a very brief mention of an AI tool that purports to write for you. Surprisingly it’s not called “Slopomatic.” Enough of that, we go to progress reporting. I report being on page 242, 28 pages…

Another experiment! Matrix.

https://alanlangford.com/2026/08/13/another-experiment-matrix/

Published: August 13, 2026 04:30

I’ve created a community for talking to people on Matrix (invite link). Matrix is “open network for secure, decentralized communication.” It’s a little like Discord (without the annoying UX and data mining) and a little like IRC (it can even bridge to…

Dean Wesley Smith on Kickstarter Projects

https://alanlangford.com/2026/08/03/dean-wesley-smith-on-kickstarter-projects/

Published: August 3, 2026 04:08

Dean Calls ’em like he sees them, and while sometimes I don’t like what he says, he’s got a track record and experience that carries about 100,000 times more weight than mine, so I suck it up and pay attention. His blog post from yesterday isn’t one of…

Writing Progress Review #22 Timelines in Fiction

https://alanlangford.com/2026/07/28/writing-progress-review-22-timelines-in-fiction/

Published: July 28, 2026 13:57

Our bi-weekly Writing Progress Review #22 is up. We start by trying to not talk about the weather, without success. We do manage to limit it to a mere minute and 38 seconds. If you think climate change is a myth you probably want to skip that bit. On to…

Literacy, Demographics, and TikTok

https://alanlangford.com/2026/07/27/literacy-demographics-and-tiktok/

Published: July 27, 2026 22:38

Not long ago, there was word of yet another essay bemoaning how the internet, and social media in particular was destroying literacy. I don’t remember who wrote it, and that doesn’t matter, as it’s just the latest in a long series of similar essays. What…

Recovery (and a flash story!)

https://alanlangford.com/2026/07/18/recovery-and-a-flash-story/

Published: July 18, 2026 17:30

Those of you who follow the podcast I do with mystery writer Michael Pinkus are probably aware that both of us struggled through June. We struggled with progress, with confidence, with if all this was worth the effort, the works. It's unfortunate that we…