Dear Interwebs,

Blogging is secondary when there are books to write. Blogging is somewhat of a distraction…. a procrastination technique.

But, with Book 3 of The Robot Galaxy Series coming out tomorrow, Nov 29th 2022, I thought I could take a minute and update the interweb on things, list** style:

• I’ve got a great start to Book 4 of The Robot Galaxy Series. It’s meant to conclude the series. I may write other books in the same universe with the same characters, but they’ll be standalone books.
  • I have a drafted standalone novel that has nothing to do with The Robot Galaxy Series that I’m considering finishing and getting out there next—but it is about robots/AI/androids
  • There’s an entirely unrelated series I want to write that’s calling me…
• I’ve been following the Artemis I mission carefully. I care about this mission both professionally and personally. Professionally because I work on stuff that supports NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives. Personally, because I care about the future of space exploration—and these missions are fodder for some of my science fiction, to include Book 4 of The Robot Galaxy Series!

(** Note: I’m not a fan of how WordPress or this theme I’m using—I can’t tell which—handles lists. I want a stronger indent! Why can’t I have that?)

November is always a hard month for me. It’s primarily driven by the fact that it’s the month of my dad’s birthday, along with the anniversary of his death. He was one of my biggest supporter—with writing, my career, and everything—and didn’t live to see The Robot Galaxy Series come into existence. He didn’t even know about the NaNoWriMo book I wrote that became The Robot Galaxy Series because I wrote it in 2012, the year after he passed away. Instead, there were countless short stories of mine that he read and responded with, “This isn’t a short story, it’s the first chapter of a longer book.” That was always frustrating because I didn’t think I could do a longer book. Well, he was right. I could.

As a way of honoring his memory, every couple of years I make his memoir—which is part memoir, part writings and advice on a range of topics—available to family and friends. I’ve done that again this year. It started out as a memoir I asked him to write when he was ill and we knew it was terminal. I wanted all the things of his early life that I wouldn’t be able to ask about later written down. A couple of years later, I added his blog posts and miscellaneous writings to the document. This year, I added all the advice he’d given me over email to it.

And I’m posting the table of contents here. If anyone is interested in more of it, use the contact form over on the menu.  

Thanks for reading. Follow me on all the social media of your choice as well. I’m making videos on FB often and I’ve joined Mastedon (without leaving Twitter). You can find me on all the places here: linktr.ee/adeenam.