Returning to The Flow Requires Action

It’s all about doing the work.

Murray "MJ" Blehart
5 min readMay 14, 2024

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hands on a laptop keyboard. person acting to get into flow
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A little over a month ago, I completed the work on a new novel. Jay and Char Save the Galaxy is a bit of a departure from my usual. It’s sci-fi comedy with a healthy dollop of absurdity.

I’m working on going over edits for the Savespace trilogy. Book one is nearly done (and the audiobook recorded), and book 2 goes out to the editor this week. I’m working on getting my edits of book 3 done so that I can send it to the editor. The trilogy will start publishing in the fall of 2024, likely beginning in September. Jay and Char Save the Galaxy will be put out there in 2025.

As I’ve written a few times of late, I’ve several different stories in various stages of development. Four more books in the Forgotten Fodder clone and conspiracy sci-fi series, a new fantasy series, and another potential sci-fi project or two.

There’s just one small problem. I’m not getting far on making headway with any of these. The Forgotten Fodder books are plotted, but I’m not finding the desire to start them. The fantasy series idea is taking shape, book 1 has been given an overall plot, but no specifics beyond that. All the other projects are not much past basic ideas.

Thus, I’m not making my goal of writing at least 1500 words of fiction daily. This is…

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Murray "MJ" Blehart

I explore mindfulness, positivity, philosophy, & conscious reality creation. I love to help & inspire. And I also write sci-fi/fantasy. http://www.mjblehart.com