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8 entries, newest first.
Ghosts in the wiresThree months of evenings are public now, along with a list of everything in the machine I still cannot read.Take FourteenThe morning after launch: a propped phone, a green kitchen, and thirteen failed attempts at saying thank you.Ternary Dreams is outLaunch day for Ternary Dreams: what the work asked, what I am proud of, and quiet thanks to the early readers who went first.What launch week actually looks likeAn honest account of a self-published launch week: a modest trickle, a refreshed dashboard, and one reader email that outweighed the rest.Two weeks outIn two weeks Ternary Dreams meets the world. The first time the title and a real date sit together on this blog.Der Buzzer UVB-76 Is OutA second launch in two days. Quieter pride, a wry calendar, and a Siberian signal that kept me company through the drafts.Secret Dawn Among the Stars Is OutLaunch day. Holding the printed book for the first time, thinking about what a 1985 sealed hull asked of the work, and saying thank you.Holding the First CopyThe first printed copy of my debut novel arrived this morning in Bishkek. I sat with the cezve and tried to believe the years had led here.