Today was a race against time to get all the writing and housekeeping things done ahead of family coming to stay for the weekend.

Daily Debrief: 17 April 2026

Output

Write: The first draft of Killer on the Kelvin Explorer (The Milverton Mysteries #5) continues apace, and that pace is steady, and by steady I mean slow i.e. slow and steady, which as we all know wins the race.

Admin: Refreshed my author website’s Links page to make it tidier, clearer, and hopefully faster for visitors to find what they’re looking for.

Input

Read: Started The Beautiful Dead (Cal Nyx Mystery Thriller #1) by Kim Hunt (author website). Reading ahead of our upcoming Mysterious Manawatū panel (blog post).

Listen: Harry Styles’ new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. (Spotify).

Learn: Spoke with someone from the publishing industry about the things I’m doing well and the things I could be doing better.

Haircut: Gay powers restored.

Social: Played Sequence, a card/board game which was new to me. Tense but fun!

Drink: Kingston Negroni. Delicious.

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