Despite a couple of Real-Life Family-Events, this past week went surprisingly well. I didn’t do everything I set out to, but I remained productive and can definitely feel the routine bedding in. Author Journey (June 19, 2023) I lost a couple of days to Real-Life Family-Events which was frustrating, but they happen no matter what I do to prevent them. On top of that, I fell into a spiral of self-doubt with the cover art I’m working on and wasted a couple of days trying something different before realising why I was going in the direction I had originally chosen.…
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