I’m still working on setting up the system I have in mind for everything. As a result, most of August was spent finishing a free novelette that I plan to give away as a “freebie” to mailing list subscribers. Everything else moved a bit slower this month.

Website

I only wrote a handful of blog posts, since I focused most of my time on the mailing list project. Once that’s fully set up, I’ll get back to posting more regularly. Still, I’ve promised myself that no matter what, I’ll always write at least these monthly updates.

Newsletter

This was my main project for August. My goal was to finish it before September, but I didn’t quite make it. The good news: I’m almost done. Writing and editing of the novelette are finished, and the translation is about 60% complete. After that, I still need to design the cover and switch to a better mailing list provider. I’m confident I’ll wrap it up fully in September.

Free Books

My STORY52 project continues, though in August I only published two new short stories:

• Book 5 | Those Who Go To War (US – DE): German 14 – English 11
• Book 6 | The Red Button (US – DE): German 21 – English 7

Writing

My main goal for 2025 is to establish a system that allows me to write (and publish) a new book every month in 2026. The writing system is already in place. For the pulp genres I usually write in, 50–60K words is a good target for a novel. That translates to about 2,000 words a day—something I can already handle comfortably.

Alongside that, I’ll be focusing on a single series, and I want to limit myself to that before diving into additional multi-novel projects.

Projected releases:

• Endless – free novelette for mailing list subscribers | Writing: finished | Editing: finished | Translation: 60%
• October release: 17 (Book 1 of my new series) | Writing: finished | Editing: 75%
• November release: Therapy (a thriller-satire) | Writing: finished | Editing: 15%
• December release: Crowley (a thriller) | Writing: 85%

The overall release plan: about 9–10 standalone titles each year, plus 2–3 installments of the ongoing 17 series. That would give me a new release on the 1st of every month starting in 2026.

X / Twitter

I’m still following people to build up some refollows, but I’m not sure yet what kind of content I should post. Without an audience and interaction, Twitter feels pretty dull.

For now, I share the occasional movie review when I watch something. If I ever build a small audience there, I might also post writing updates and progress. At this point, it’s mainly just a place where I’ve secured my handle.

Instagram

Same story here—I’ve reserved my handle but don’t have a clear long-term strategy for content yet. At the moment, I’m posting the book covers I design. In the future, there’ll be more, but I’m still figuring out what.

YouTube

This month I had some health issues that cost me my voice, so I couldn’t record many videos. I should be back on a regular schedule soon, though.

My tutorial channel now has 11K subscribers, but I don’t expect huge growth from here on.

To Conclude

August was a slower month, with most of my energy going into behind-the-scenes work. Still, the system I envisioned is gradually taking shape.