My eldest son had a 4th of July gathering here at the house for his gang of mid 20 somethings. A good enough time was had by all that my wife played uber to several of them and our street looks like a used car lot right now. 8) While this was going on I pondered my post today about the Hazel Thornewood Mysteries and true to form I had to dive in there today. So one laptop and instance of Claude cleaning that mess up and trying to find what is salvageable and make a plan to do some serious writing. On laptop #2 I've been working on testing and fixing the new three BW, AC, & PC. Most of that on the intake of existing work. Whew. major changes to make and the system in place works but its slower than the separate BookWeaver.pro site, so that system had to be ported in....That's working on laptop #3. Had to revert back to Opus because Fable was going to shut me down until I can't use it anymore. Also modified an existing 3D model for a shelf bracket to use for my big monitor and have been printing 2 of those all day. (7hrs per--I love 3d printing but its sooo slow). Planned Ikea run tomorrow to pick up some shelved to finish the new office layout. and in the process of all of this found a story snarl I came up with a while back that I truly love so I've been putting it through the entire story development process, which I haven't done for awhile and have listed a few changes to make there as well. sheesh.It's been a busy 10 or 12 hours. The output of this effort is going to BookWeaver shortly to see if it can manage a truly complex story. I think I'm just a glutton for punishment. IOn not testing with easy stuff. I've now personally written over a million words of prose with the help of WordCrafter.pro in the last 3 months and desperately need to get a few of these published and out there. I'll probably be offline most of Sunday but will answer queries as I can. This next week I'm going to deep dive into marketing and its tools on the coding side and start really getting into video creation. I'm compiling all of the requests and suggestions made in the last couple of weeks here and putting together a playlist to create. My target this week is a new how to video every couplk of days and see if I can stay on that schedule for awhile to get more on youtube and our classroom.

🙏 July 5, 2026, Today's Prayer 🙏 Scripture of the Day "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18 (NIV) Heavenly Father, Thank You for being close to us in every season of life, especially in the moments when our hearts are hurting and our spirits feel crushed. Your Word promises that You do not turn away from the brokenhearted. You draw near. Lord, today I lift up every person who is grieving someone they love. Comfort the mother missing her child, the child missing a parent, the husband missing his wife, the wife missing her husband, the family missing someone whose place can never be filled, and every heart carrying a loss that others may not see. Thank You for the beautiful memories of those we have loved. Thank You for the laughter, the lessons, the hugs, the conversations, and even the ordinary moments that became precious after they were gone. Father, when grief comes in waves, hold us steady. When memories bring tears, remind us that love does not become meaningless because someone is no longer physically beside us. When loneliness feels heavy, surround us with Your presence and give us the strength to keep moving forward one day at a time. Help us to trust You with the questions we cannot answer and the pain we cannot explain. Bring peace to troubled hearts, rest to weary minds, and hope to those who feel lost in sorrow. Lord, be especially near to anyone who is grieving today. Let them feel Your comfort in a personal and undeniable way. Remind them that they are seen, they are loved, and they do not have to carry their sorrow alone. Thank You for being our refuge, our comfort, and our strength. Thank You for walking beside us through every valley and for never leaving us when our hearts are broken. Give us courage for today, grace for this journey, and hope for tomorrow. In Jesus' precious name I pray, Amen. 💜🪽🦋✝️ Stacey

Im sharing this here for some accountability help. Ive been a bit lax on videos because there is no decent place in my house to do this that is quiet and devoid of loud boys. Below is my current workspace. It was a little worse before I started this morning. my goal is to rotate everything 90 degrees and clear the clutter and flotsam. When or if done I will have the whiteboard and art at my back, my very important lego table useful and I will be able to get at my keyboard and continue to procrastinate on truly getting better at playing music. There's a really nice digital piano hiding in here (somewhere). That is used to be able to make sounds out of..not sure id call it playing yet. So please check in with me, keep me on task....did I mention im working miracles with fable in the last 24 hours too? But when I use up my time...back to the desk. look to see bookweaver and plotcrafter before the end of the 3 day weekend and possibly some other new fun thinga to play with....author voice, audiocrafter, a couple new skills... nothing like adhd split focus right?

BookWeaver is also a solo app with plotcrafter built in! If you have WCP you do not need this! This will be a parallel development that shoudl be live RIGHT NOW! Automate Book Creation, with a method that gives you control!

My Actual Outline for Hazel Thornfield, Book One So I shared a lot of what I've been workign on for YOU this morning and last night. Today is a show the work on what I've been working on for me. In testing interactions between software I'm starting several ideas a day and generating/writing a book about every two-three days. Desperately need to make time for the publishing/marketing step, so this is my next target for WCP and the skillset. Improve what is already tehere in WCP to be more useful and faster to production. ******* Saturday is behind-the-curtain day. Today I'm showing the actual working outline for the first Hazel Thornfield cozy mystery, before the draft existed. Not a polished retrospective. The real thing, with the gaps and the wrong turns. What I Started With The premise that survived the sharpening process was this: A retired archivist moves to a small Kentucky lake town to restore a Victorian property she's inherited, discovers a body inside the sealed basement, and realizes the dead man has been there since 1987 and the entire town knew. That's it. That was the anchor. The five structural points I locked before I wrote a word: Opening: Hazel arrives. The house is worse than the photographs. She is already regretting every decision. Inciting incident: She finds the body in the basement during the first renovation inspection. The condition of the body and the circumstances of the sealing make it immediately clear this was not an accident. Midpoint: She learns the dead man's identity and discovers that the most respected family in town had a direct connection to him. The mystery doubles back on itself. Crisis: Her investigation puts her in genuine danger and she's given a credible opportunity to walk away, hand it to the sheriff, and leave town entirely. She almost takes it. Resolution: The truth involves a crime that was understandable, arguably justifiable, and still wrong. Hazel has to decide what to do with it. That's the outline. One paragraph, five points, fits on a napkin.