{"id":5401,"date":"2026-07-18T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:11:39","slug":"slowly-but-surely-the-book-is-coming-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/slowly-but-surely-the-book-is-coming-along","title":{"rendered":"Slowly, but surely, &#8220;the&#8221; book is coming along"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snail.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snail.png 960w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snail-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snail-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snail-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m moving at the literal snails pace, although I sometimes think the snails are faster than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slowly &#8211; day by day &#8211; I am getting things done for the upcoming &#8220;how to write a book when you don&#8217;t feel like writing&#8221; book. It will have a better title than that, but I&#8217;ve been thinking through some ideas like maybe including worksheets or prompts or somethings that work for me and hopefully work for you and\/or don&#8217;t work for me but might work for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brain_ideas_whirlwind_800_clr_35482.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brain_ideas_whirlwind_800_clr_35482.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brain_ideas_whirlwind_800_clr_35482-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brain_ideas_whirlwind_800_clr_35482-150x140.png 150w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brain_ideas_whirlwind_800_clr_35482-768x716.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I&#8217;m enjoying the thinking process, but that&#8217;s me. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I always enjoy the thinking process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> It&#8217;s the get it down on the computer process that&#8217;s hard for me. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while all this is going on, we had another heat wave along very dangerously dirty air. I got used to dirty air when I lived in Portland, Oregon. Certainly isn&#8217;t fun when you&#8217;re subjected to the smoky air, but I feel worse for the people up in Canada where the smoke is coming from because they&#8217;re losing everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Hopefully, we will have a lot of rain soon, which will help slow the fires and clear up the air. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"respond\" class=\"comment-respond has-link-color wp-elements-3f427bcb49b2eb1aeb82e588fb2d87f4 wp-block-post-comments-form has-text-color has-ast-global-color-4-color has-background has-vivid-purple-background-color\">\n\t\t<h3 id=\"reply-title\" class=\"comment-reply-title\">Leave a Reply <small><a rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"cancel-comment-reply-link\" href=\"\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401#respond\" style=\"display:none;\">Cancel reply<\/a><\/small><\/h3><form action=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-comments-post.php\" method=\"post\" id=\"commentform\" class=\"comment-form\"><p class=\"comment-notes\"><span id=\"email-notes\">Your email address will not be published.<\/span> <span class=\"required-field-message\">Required fields are marked <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label for=\"comment\">Comment <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <textarea id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"65525\" required><\/textarea><\/p><p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label for=\"author\">Name <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"author\" name=\"author\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"245\" autocomplete=\"name\" required \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label for=\"email\">Email <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"100\" aria-describedby=\"email-notes\" autocomplete=\"email\" required \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label for=\"url\">Website<\/label> <input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" type=\"url\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"200\" autocomplete=\"url\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit wp-block-button\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" id=\"submit\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" value=\"Post Comment\" \/> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='5401' id='comment_post_ID' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' \/>\n<\/p><p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"1badc5a9f4\" \/><\/p><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"ak_js\" value=\"121\"\/><script>\ndocument.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );\n<\/script>\n<\/p><\/form>\t<\/div><!-- #respond -->\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you.png 480w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you-150x103.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m moving at the literal snails pace, although I sometimes think the snails are faster than me. 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