Saitama City, Japan

2024 End-of-Year Update

A bit of an update for you for the end of the year. I haven’t been good about making status updates here on the site, but progress is definitely being made. I’ve written a lot, but have also tossed out a fair amount, which is to be expected in the writing process, but which is always frustrating. Better to focus on quality and ensure a good final product than to hold onto text I know isn’t up to snuff.

An Update!

I haven’t been updating this, but the project is absolutely still live. I’ve also decided to post some thoughts periodically in the form of travel-related articles on the Somewhere in Japan Substack, which I’ll also be updating today. I want to be honest about the project, though. It’s absolutely still on, and I am still […]

2024-08-20 TUE

Hit my target of 2,000 words for the day, after a few days of difficulty and being busy with other things. Currently over 6,000 words total, and I adjusted the target length from 50,000 words to 60,000 words, keeping in mind that I’ll be editing down the length at the end. Also glad to be […]

2024-08-14 THU

Yesterday I got the travel book project officially launched. Today, I did the following: And just in case you found your way directly to this update and haven’t seen what I’m working on, please visit the Japan Travel Book page at davidwroteabook.com