Good morning and welcome to the eighth Friday before the end of 2026! What is that even all about?
I tried something new today, eight Fridays before the end of my first year working part-time, because apparently I'm a slow learner. And it's worked pretty well! So I'm going to do a tiny deep-dive on that, because this is The Sitrep, my weekly update for paid subscribers on me, the writing life, creativity, publishing and sundry other subjects.
Let's get into it.