The reason the new Sylvan Investigations kickstarter hasn't gone live yet is...

because I'm having a bad "oh holy shit in front of a camera oh god no isn't there any other way to do this?" recalcitrancy about the video.

Yes, I know I'm a moron.

proof of work...

"(But) it hadn’t felt like a dream, not the least because he’d been unable to fall asleep again after, staring at the sky overhead until first light chased the last stars away."

I'm not going at any sort of a fast clip - 1k is a good day, 500 words is more common - because a) other things to get done and b) this isn't a book that will be rushed. But it's an immensely satisfying experience....