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Every so often I remember to come back here and blog about something.<\/p>\n

Then I stare at the screen for what seems like an eternity and realize I have nothing exciting to say. The track changes in iTunes over and over, and I’m stumped on what to talk about.<\/p>\n

I really don’t think you’re here to hear about what I’ve been up to. I don’t think you’re concerned that I haven’t blogged in a month, I just feel like I need to write something here, otherwise the internet Gods will come and take my blog away. Or something less crazy.<\/p>\n

Since my last update, I’ve done a few things:<\/p>\n

I’m extremely close to finishing the first draft of my second novel. It’s called My Last Days and is the tale of someone who’s given a short time left to live. We follow him on his journey to complete a bucket list and try to make the world a better place before he leaves it.<\/p>\n

I also published another short story about my wacky life on These Are My Stories<\/a>\u00a0just yesterday, and have another queued up for a couple of weeks from now.<\/p>\n

I bought a new primary monitor — a new super wide screen monitor — to replace the 30″ Apple Display I’ve had for almost 5 years. I’ll blog more about that once I’ve had time to fully evaluate it.<\/p>\n

That’s pretty much it for what’s happened in the last month. Did you think I was going to be interesting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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