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  • Vivekananda – Part 5

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    Welcome back to the continuing adventures of Swami Vivekananda. Last we left off in our story, Vivekananda had finally made it to the West. He had some trouble being included in the Parliament of World Religions but, thanks to some fortunate associations he made, he became a last minute addition to the conference. While claims…

  • FL Senate 2025

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    It’s been a wild session for the Florida Senate and House this year. While I had initially started compiling a list of important bills to keep an eye on, things quickly devolved once the session began. Of the 974 Senate bills that were proposed this session only 205 total bills between the two chambers have…

  • Project Update – April 2025

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    How are you all doing? April has been a wild ride, hasn’t it? Things are still moving at pace here. Despite some difficult moments, I will say there’s been lots of positives to celebrate too. We have a house finch family nesting just outside our front door. It’s been a joy to watch the tiny…

  • Project Update – March 2025

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    As mentioned in ​On Doing the Thing (Again)​​​ the next book in the Far North series is now with alpha readers! Has been since the start of the month too. It’s clocking in at 163 pages and 115k words, so I suspect it will be some time before notes are returned to me. We also finished our play-through of…

  • On Doing the Thing (Again)

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    I wonder if it’ll ever normalize that I keep writing and churning out new novels. Early this month, I finished the first draft of Far North – Returning: Vic. It’s still a shock. While there’s still plenty of editing work left to do, that’s half-way through the series as it’s been planned. When I was…

  • Vivekananda – Pt 4

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    A brief catch-up on where we left Vivekananda. Shortly after the death of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda grew restless and wanted to travel. According to Nikhilananda he did travel and have deep expansive thoughts about his spirituality, the state of India, and how he could make it great again. Through his letters to others, however, we see…

  • Project Update – February 2025

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    Hi, hello, how are you? I’ll be keeping this update rather short and with minimal formatting. Why? Well, I’m trying out some new things and haven’t fully settled on how I want to present everything just yet. One noticeable change is that I’ve stopped recording word counts for each day. At the end of January…

  • Project Update – December 2024

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    It’s the end of the year! Merry Yule and happy holidays! Not much more to say, so let’s just jump into the update, shall we? Keep it short and sweet! Far North Nosia Archives Exploring Spirit Stream/Vibe Checks That’s really it for the year! I’m enjoying a nice vacation and break away from everything as…

  • Project Updates – November 2024

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    It really seems as the year goes on, the months get shorter. I hope, however the news of the recent US election landed with you, that you’re doing well. It came as a shock in a way that I wasn’t quite prepared for, to be honest, and I’m working on collecting my resolve for another…

  • Vivekananda – Pt 3

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    Welcome back to the ongoing story of Vivekananda. Apologies for the delay in getting this section out. You can check out the first two parts here and here, but I’ll be providing a brief recap of the last section before getting into this new section. Last time on the life of Vivekananda: After college, Narendra…