{"id":153229120,"date":"2024-12-18T13:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=153229120"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:30:38","slug":"2024-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=153229120","title":{"rendered":"2024 Year In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;This reality is so fixed &amp; it can&#8217;t always \/ be a matter of escaping to other realms, right.&#8221; &#8211; Alina Pleskova, &#8220;Blood Moon&#8221; <\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time for one of these. Reflection is good. Thank you for reading this year, and may your winter be filled with warmth, friends, family, and contentment. Watch <em>Muppet Christmas Carol<\/em>. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shipwrecked Sailor Blog<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As this blog goes on, it feels like I have a better and better idea of what I want to do with it. In January of this year, I did my <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/a-little-history-project\">little history project<\/a>, reading <em>A People\u2019s History of the United States<\/em>, <em>Four Hundred Souls<\/em>, and <em>An Indigenous People\u2019s History of the United States<\/em>. I liked <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-a-post-doctrine-of-discovery\">the tone that set for the year<\/a>\u2014it\u2019ll be hard to come up with another January reading list that <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-happens-after-reading-history\">so profoundly affects the way I view things<\/a>. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"unfamiliar beds\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cy2rE1KGpNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I wrote last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/a-quick-note-on-reading\">reading books is good<\/a>. This year, I think I struck a good balance of fiction and poetry, and realized that novels and poems are my favorite thing to read. I like a little nonfiction, <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-protect-the-great-lakes\">maybe with lakes in it<\/a>, and I also like <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-is-it-about-myths\">myths<\/a>! We read <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/the-epics-want-you-to-remember-some\">Homer this year<\/a>! Also read <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-when-youre-out-of-ideas\">a ton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-redefining-crime-edition\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-take-care-of-your-people\">Indigenous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-th3-night-jad3-dani3ls\">writers<\/a> and plenty of horror. That will not change. We <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/the-poem-i-recommend-if-you-dont\">close-read some<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/lets-close-read-another-poem\">poems this year<\/a>, which I\u2019d like to do more of next year.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"further smoke\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FOGreataPAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music was a big theme. Lazy &amp; Entitled has been in the studio, and I have been thinking about music. We <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/black-guitarists-celebration-blog\">celebrated Black guitarists<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/friday-links-aapi-math-rock-edition\">AAPI guitarists<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/lets-meditate-on-art-with-matt-freeman\">Matt Freeman\u2019s bad bass technique<\/a>. We <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/albums-i-loved-in-high-school-blink\">strolled<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/albums-i-loved-in-high-school-damien\">down<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/albums-i-loved-in-high-school-mxpx-345\">memory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/albums-i-loved-in-high-school-slick\">lane<\/a> with a <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/albums-i-loved-in-high-school-relient\">few<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/albums-i-loved-in-high-school-before\">albums<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/should-you-play-bass-with-a-pick\">wondered about playing bass with a pick<\/a>. We talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-makes-this-song-rip-chon-and\">Chon<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-makes-this-song-rip-polyphia\">Polyphia<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-makes-this-song-rip-elephant\">Elephant Gym<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-makes-this-song-rip-weezer-and\">Weezer<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/some-things-i-like-and-dont-like\">jazz<\/a>. I wrote liner notes for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/liner-notes-i-dreamed-a-knife-like\">i dreamed a knife like a song you can\u2019t whistle<\/a><\/em> and for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/liner-notes-if-not-a-river\">if not a river<\/a>. <\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"train bones\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wFEFQgoE0ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/the-internet-is-a-nazi-bar\">Politics was unavoidably a theme this year<\/a>. I mean, this blog will never shy away from politics. Not, like, the minutiae of Hill drama or Cabinet appointees. But I follow the news, and I often read to try to learn ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/some-things-i-feel-religious-about\">live a more moral life<\/a>, a more socially responsible life, and to be more articulate about socialism. <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/the-unreported-resistance-and-the\">Not many people voted<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/unwriting-copaganda\">Cops, unfortunately, still exist<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/we-used-to-care-about-people-like\">Aaron Bushnell did his thing<\/a>\u2014not done writing about him, stay tuned for next year. If there\u2019s one takeaway from a year in which politicians willfully ignored protests so that they could go on funding and supporting genocide, a year in which the two major US political parties tried to out-cruel each other (Democrats: \u201cwe\u2019ll do Trump policies at the border!\u201d Republicans: \u201cwe\u2019ll deputize a bunch of dipshit rednecks to run wild with guns at the border\u201d), that takeaway is this: <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/the-class-war-is-here\">remember that the wealthy are the real enemy<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/the-internet-is-a-nazi-bar\">the internet is a Nazi bar<\/a>. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"fox chasing\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9XxBbeBypvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Me Personally<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/dispatches-from-the-weirdo-convention\">I went to AWP!<\/a> That was a blast, and I will be back in Los Angeles in 2024! Dear friend <span class=\"mention-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Dr. Han VanderHart&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:50250699,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/252b12b4-5e27-4c8e-b2ca-07cb0908e9f2_1536x2048.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;ba2ef71c-1e59-4b4b-a263-1ba74ab50225&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"MentionToDOM\"\/> and my beloved <span class=\"mention-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Bob Sykora&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:4418940,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/08735bc3-9219-47e9-bb05-a72e3369d2f9_813x960.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;a64b50f4-bac7-48f7-bcc3-cf103e92e913&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"MentionToDOM\"\/> have books coming out right around that time. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"blue fingered dawn\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQSnUAu8VFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought there would be more publications between my <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/2024-awards-eligibility-post\">awards eligibility post<\/a> and now. I do have one acceptance supposed to be published before January, but who knows. Whatever, I try to<a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/what-does-success-look-like-to-you\"> manage my expectations with writing \u201csuccess.\u201d<\/a> Or I <a href=\"https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/p\/riffs-on-writing-from-sherley-anne\">return to Sherley Anne Williams<\/a>. Having <em>Aimee Bender<\/em> <em>of all people she\u2019s only my favorite writer ever<\/em> select a (still unpublished) story as a contest finalist is a pretty big deal, and aforementioned dear friend Dr. Han Vanderhart was kind enough to nominate a poem of mine for Best Of The Net. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sprinting the rusted stairs\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b0dKFZBV0k4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s what I published this year: <\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/moistpoetryjournal.com\/2024\/04\/18\/warm-february-watching-nature-documentaries\/\">\u201cwarm February watching nature documentaries\u201d in <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/moistpoetryjournal.com\/2024\/04\/18\/warm-february-watching-nature-documentaries\/\">Moist Poetry Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therumen.com\/publications\/MqAibZJdByAG2D3oOR8w\">\u201chuman pastoral brick\u201d \u201cmarriage sonnet 3\u201d \u201cKAYAKING IN THE GRAND TETONS\u201d in <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therumen.com\/publications\/MqAibZJdByAG2D3oOR8w\">The Rumen<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wrongturnlit.substack.com\/p\/the-city-installed-red-light-cameras\">\u201cThe City Installed Red Light Cameras\u201d in <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wrongturnlit.substack.com\/p\/the-city-installed-red-light-cameras\">Wrong Turn<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/moistpoetryjournal.com\/2024\/09\/06\/two-poems-by-chris-corlew\/\">\u201cWINDY MORNING KAYAKING PRATT BEACH\u201d and \u201cTHE TREES MY DUDES THE TREES\u201d in <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/moistpoetryjournal.com\/2024\/09\/06\/two-poems-by-chris-corlew\/\">Moist Poetry Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/passionfruitreview.com\/up-late-watching-x-men-first-class-by-chris-corlew\/\">\u201cUP LATE WATCHING <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/passionfruitreview.com\/up-late-watching-x-men-first-class-by-chris-corlew\/\">X-MEN: FIRST CLASS<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/passionfruitreview.com\/up-late-watching-x-men-first-class-by-chris-corlew\/\">\u201d in <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/passionfruitreview.com\/up-late-watching-x-men-first-class-by-chris-corlew\/\">Passionfruit Review<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"look at the mountains in Utah and never say die\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmpcSLfAmzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, in the spirit of being kind to myself\u2014hopefully reminding other writers on the submission grind to do the same\u2014each year since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cottonxenomorph.com\/journal\/2021\/10\/10\/the-wolfman\">my first publication in 2021<\/a> (again, before I was on staff at <em>CX<\/em>), the number of acceptances I\u2019ve gotten has gone up.  <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Line Break<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a blast this year! We had a good balance of guests, special episodes, and just Bob-and-me episodes. We did guerilla poetry at AWP, which was a blast. We did a crossover episode with <em>Of Poetry<\/em>. There are exciting things in the works for next year\u2014many hopeful guests, and who knows? Maybe we\u2019ll do guerilla poetry at AWP again this year. Here are half of our episodes this year:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><p>Guerilla Poetry At AWP <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/guerilla-poetry-at-awp\/id1524056726?i=1000645990880\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/49B5jCCjz46pKd5iFro4go?si=ojGF2kvcRoWF-QkzVEjCSQ\">Spotty<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-264286148\/guerilla-poetry-at-awp?si=8bdd12661f024d46aae18cba6cd61e6b&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a> <\/p><\/li><li><p><em>Of Poetry <\/em>Crossover <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-line-break-of-poetry-crossover-event\/id1524056726?i=1000650486298\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/31PuuuW9ZEJHSX0Ix5WjNH?si=145f4240908e4412\">Spotty<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-264286148\/the-line-break-of-poetry-crossover-event?si=21ea439885494988929e3ec325b10ec8&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p>Thus The Line Break Read Homer Writer of Epics <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/thus-the-line-break-read-homer-writer-of-epics\/id1524056726?i=1000653334145\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0jnHCRB9BRU7LnMe5heZjA?si=41RGwuiBRhe3_O6EtXi4gg\">Spotty<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-264286148\/thus-the-line-break-read-homer-writer-of-epics?si=e112731dae334426b1a5835eb6b61e7a&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p>Celebrating 2024 Ghost City Press Chapbooks <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/celebrating-the-2024-ghost-city-micro-chapbooks\/id1524056726?i=1000666776073\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6u5kItRuG7GvnBbt14mzUq?si=73a53107d10a4ceb\">Spotty<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-264286148\/celebrating-the-2024-ghost-city-micro-chapbooks?si=d13aca11127a40c7920c8fe25850eb54&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p>August In September <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/august-in-september-feat-august-j-smith\/id1524056726?i=1000669811181\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4cIoikq31rI2cxE35NmhNh?si=3dyccBNkQQWc0-Lqqww9oA\">Spotty<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-264286148\/august-in-september-feat-august-j-smith?si=003a2fd4095245c3a672a7eb38157e93&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p>Presenting the 2024 Garden Party Collective Chapbook Contest Winners <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/presenting-the-2024-garden-party-collective-chapbook\/id1524056726?i=1000673985684\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6JRens7QFfw44Zj8VRIRXi?si=1138084ab29f422c\">Spotty<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-264286148\/presenting-the-2024-garden-party-collective-chapbook-series?si=dd61ba90413f403690a1498e842e40db&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p><p\/><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lazy &amp; Entitled Annual Report<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We put up some YouTube videos for Shipwrecked Sailor songs and did two big podcast extravaganzas, interviewing <em>Haunt Season<\/em> star Adam Hinkle and Friend Of L&amp;E Chloe N. Clark. Expect much more podcast in 2025. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE 2024 LAZY &amp; ENTITLED HALLOWEEN SPECIAL PART ONE\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZUday_P1ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also spent all year writing songs and recording them, too. We have two albums very near completion. Recording takes a long time, people have divergent schedules, etc etc etc. But both of these albums are super sick, and Brendan and I cannot wait to show them to you. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 LAZY &amp; ENTITLED HALLOWEEN SPECIAL PART TWO\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o1zfJXE3mJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again, the number of L&amp;E things we did this year increased from 2023, and will increase again in 2025. Then in 2026, it\u2019ll probably level out. Exponential growth is poison, we\u2019re just trying to make cool art. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not to jinx anything, but we\u2019ll have a novel(la) out at the end of 2025. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for kicking it this year. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry you got an email, <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris<\/p><div class=\"subscription-widget-wrap-editor\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/shipwreckedsailor.substack.com\/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"SubscribeWidgetToDOM\"><div class=\"subscription-widget show-subscribe\"><div class=\"preamble\"><p class=\"cta-caption\">Thanks for reading shipwrecked sailor! 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