Douglas Miller

MiP Bonus: The Power of Heart Chapter 1

Editing of book 1 and planning of book 3 are still in progress. For this week's intermission bonus, here's The Power of Heart's first chapter, which I wrote months ago.

Incidentally, the plan...

MiP In Review

I really should have gotten this done on Tuesday. Sorry about that.

I'll go over my thoughts on book 1 further down, but first:

Reviewing last week's poll results:

The highest v...

MiP Ideas for the Future (with poll)

I planned Magic is Programming as a trilogy, and at this point that is still the plan. With my writing progress having reached the threshold of the likely-final book, I have put some thought into l...

MiP Upcoming Schedule

Now that book 2 is completed for Platinum tier, I am going to focus for a while on a) editing book 1 so that it can finally be published as an actual book, and b) making plans for book 3 so that I'...

MiP B2 Chapter 62: Division

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MiP B2 Chapter 61: Royal Appreciation

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MiP I'm sick

It's just a cold, and the symptoms are relatively mild so far, but it's still making it hard to write. Next chapter will be later this week.

MiP B2 Chapter 60: Combat Hacking

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MiP B2 Chapter 59: High-Speed Chess

<< First | 2025-11-26 19:12:06 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP Next chapter tomorrow

I'm very close to finishing it, just not quite close enough to finish tonight.

MiP B2 Chapter 58: Multithreading Combat

<< First | 2025-11-18 21:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP B2 Chapter 57: Reinforcements

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MiP B2 Chapter 56: Strings End

<< First | 2025-11-04 18:23:12 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP B2 Chapter 55: Marionettes

<< First | 2025-10-28 17:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP No chapter this week

I have identified a major issue that contributed to the recent delays, and I am addressing it. Unfortunately, that's not soon enough to finish a chapter today.

I'm sorry for the delays, and I...

MiP B2 Chapter 54: Settling In

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MiP B2 Chapter 53: Homestead

<< First | 2025-10-08 00:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP No chapter this week

This past week was extraordinarily hectic for me, unfortunately. I'll be back with chapter 53 next week!

MiP B2 Chapter 52: Mysteries

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MiP B2 Chapter 51: Strength of a Guardian

<< First | 2025-09-16 22:26:38 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP No chapter on account of Silksong

I should have seen this coming, really.

MiP B2 Chapter 50: Wellspring Battle

<< First | 2025-09-03 23:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP one day delay

I'm pretty confident I'm over the hump of difficulty on this now, so I anticipate no further delays.

MiP B2 Chapter 49: Guardian

<< First | 2025-08-26 17:30:13 +0000 UTC View Post

MiP No chapter this week

Chapter 49 is not yet ready, and at this point I think either I skip one week, or I'd probably have a series of unpredictable cascading delays for the next several weeks. Of those two options, I th...

MiP B2 Chapter 48: Concealed Preparations

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MiP Delayed

Today's new chapter will be delayed a day or two. I expect to be back on schedule next week.

MiP B2 Chapter 47: Ultimatum

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MiP B2 Chapter 46: Foreboding

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MiP B2 Chapter 45: Unraveling

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