https://phyllux.com/journal.html Notes from David E. Sproule. en-ca https://phyllux.com/journal/building-day-day-129.html https://phyllux.com/journal/building-day-day-129.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0600 A craft day with my partner on Finally Me. Practice cards, coming soon boards, Soft Margins still moving. Day 129 clean. https://phyllux.com/journal/bbq-and-day-127.html https://phyllux.com/journal/bbq-and-day-127.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0600 Burgers, cake, coffee, music, and so much laughing. Day 127 clean. Five months lands on October 31. https://phyllux.com/journal/two-trips-to-the-store.html https://phyllux.com/journal/two-trips-to-the-store.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Supper, chores, a walk for refreshments, and a debit card left on the counter. The ordinary evening still counts. https://phyllux.com/journal/visual-design-on-the-wall.html https://phyllux.com/journal/visual-design-on-the-wall.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 A public page for covers, logos, social kits, and busy posters. Clear CAD list prices under mid market custom. https://phyllux.com/journal/album-covers-for-a-debut.html https://phyllux.com/journal/album-covers-for-a-debut.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 I make covers for people who have not announced yet. Their reveal is theirs. https://phyllux.com/journal/thirty-pictures-for-jukebox-leigh.html https://phyllux.com/journal/thirty-pictures-for-jukebox-leigh.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Matched a warm wood and gold vibe. Made a free art pack. His site and his announce stay his. https://phyllux.com/journal/seventy-thousand-words-or-it-is-not-a-book.html https://phyllux.com/journal/seventy-thousand-words-or-it-is-not-a-book.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Eight pen name titles got rebuilt as full books. Five are done. Three are still writing on the local machine. https://phyllux.com/journal/fiber-cut-in-the-alley.html https://phyllux.com/journal/fiber-cut-in-the-alley.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Someone dug up the Telus line. They fixed it in three days. I also cleaned up my phone plan. https://phyllux.com/journal/cursor-and-a-friend-with-a-new-laptop.html https://phyllux.com/journal/cursor-and-a-friend-with-a-new-laptop.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0600 A long email about Cursor, ADB, phone tools, and an Acer. Picture guides attached. Coffee optional. https://phyllux.com/journal/karmabot-is-live.html https://phyllux.com/journal/karmabot-is-live.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Ask one question, four models answer, and a Chair merges what they said. Free to try at karmabot.ai. Here is what it does and what it does not do yet. https://phyllux.com/journal/chris-and-the-airplane.html https://phyllux.com/journal/chris-and-the-airplane.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 One flight with Chris and his remote control plane. Almost a tree. A tail that needs repair. Photos from the path. https://phyllux.com/journal/two-field-guides-for-sale.html https://phyllux.com/journal/two-field-guides-for-sale.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 29 Soft Margins guides plus Soft Margins fiction. Short. Honest length. Direct EPUB on phyllux.com. https://phyllux.com/journal/edited-to-the-brief.html https://phyllux.com/journal/edited-to-the-brief.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 All thirty six titles rewritten to their briefs. Still not for sale. Openings should sound like tools and stories, not waiting rooms. https://phyllux.com/journal/workshop-drafts-on-the-wall.html https://phyllux.com/journal/workshop-drafts-on-the-wall.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Thirty six workshop manuscripts. Covers, opening samples, still not for sale. https://phyllux.com/journal/commission-shop-open.html https://phyllux.com/journal/commission-shop-open.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Books on any topic. Websites priced to undercut theater. One silent client already on the path with me. https://phyllux.com/journal/life-is-good.html https://phyllux.com/journal/life-is-good.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Clean time, a solid floor, work I can ship. The till is still one Velvet Arrangement, bought by me, paid through Stripe. https://phyllux.com/journal/one-sale.html https://phyllux.com/journal/one-sale.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 One copy of The Velvet Arrangement. I bought it. Stripe paid me $4.55. https://phyllux.com/journal/the-shop-on-io.html https://phyllux.com/journal/the-shop-on-io.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Archive chrome ate the homepage. The Tech shop is back up. https://phyllux.com/journal/this-journal.html https://phyllux.com/journal/this-journal.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 A public notebook on phyllux.com. Books, software, and the work on the table. https://phyllux.com/journal/packet-for-paul.html https://phyllux.com/journal/packet-for-paul.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Eight companion novellas, one Foundation each. A planning PDF. Not a lock. https://phyllux.com/journal/parchment-not-hype.html https://phyllux.com/journal/parchment-not-hype.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 One cover layout. Eight Foundation colours. A card that also keeps your place. https://phyllux.com/journal/how-i-make-books.html https://phyllux.com/journal/how-i-make-books.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Local draft. Human direction. Heavy curation. Markdown until the keeper is right. https://phyllux.com/journal/what-i-will-not-claim.html https://phyllux.com/journal/what-i-will-not-claim.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Maslow, the stages of change, and CBT belong to other people. Arrangement is not proof. https://phyllux.com/journal/card-night-is-a-table.html https://phyllux.com/journal/card-night-is-a-table.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Bring the book. Bring the card. Two questions. No extra product required. https://phyllux.com/journal/keeper-means-it-ships.html https://phyllux.com/journal/keeper-means-it-ships.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Workshop pages are not the shelf. The shelf is the shelf. https://phyllux.com/journal/novelmate-on-the-hub.html https://phyllux.com/journal/novelmate-on-the-hub.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 The local pipeline got a public door on this site. Social art went with it. https://phyllux.com/journal/music-is-a-lane.html https://phyllux.com/journal/music-is-a-lane.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Same week the Novelmate hub went public. Music sat in the main nav. Writing and recording. No fake discography. https://phyllux.com/journal/workshop-and-the-hold.html https://phyllux.com/journal/workshop-and-the-hold.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Eight keeper covers went live. Amazon upload did not. https://phyllux.com/journal/velvet-goes-in.html https://phyllux.com/journal/velvet-goes-in.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 The Velvet Arrangement went to Kindle Direct Publishing under my own name. https://phyllux.com/journal/canada-day-shelf.html https://phyllux.com/journal/canada-day-shelf.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 1 July 2026. I ran titles through Novelmate so the house would have a shelf. Nobody bought a parade. https://phyllux.com/journal/putting-it-down.html https://phyllux.com/journal/putting-it-down.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Early June. I stopped. I am counting in days now. https://phyllux.com/journal/one-house.html https://phyllux.com/journal/one-house.html Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 -0600 I finally put the studio, the books, and the programs under one roof on this machine. https://phyllux.com/journal/the-models-showed-up.html https://phyllux.com/journal/the-models-showed-up.html Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Winter 2022 into 2023. Public models. I used them to turn work around. Not a royalty story.