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X. Ho Yen's Author Newsletter (05 Feb 2026)

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=== Status ===

Per this article's announcement:

https://xhoyenauthor.substack.com/p/all-net-proceeds-go-to-ukraine-until

I'm now donating all net royalties to Ukraine.

I still don't know how to handle these newsletter mass mailings without gmail. That's why this is coming from my old email address.

Since the last newsletter, "Space Autistic Author, Log 4" was published.

You can see it here: https://XHoYenAuthor.substack.com/p/space-autistic-author-log-4

It's fun. I'm proud of it. It's also dead nuts honest about my situation.

Anyone who knows original Star Trek will especially enjoy the nods.

I have a number of new "My Books"/"Fiction Related" substack posts:

An updated writeup for the video ditty about the MSD cover, with more about the book's background: https://xhoyenauthor.substack.com/p/something-fun-about-the-minimum-safe

A "Custodians of the Future Primer [no spoilers]": https://xhoyenauthor.substack.com/p/custodians-of-the-future-primer-no

A piece about "V for Vendetta": https://xhoyenauthor.substack.com/p/v-for-vendetta-the-movie

and

' A "Good Cartoonist" created something rivaling "Star Trek" ': https://xhoyenauthor.substack.com/p/a-good-cartoonist-created-something

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Thanks for sticking with me! I hope it’s at least mildly entertaining to watch this author second career thing come together in the midst of one kind of strife or another.

Please do share my page with fellow realism-based sci fi fans, especially anyone who enjoys Older’s Infomocracy, Card’s Speaker for the Dead, or movies like “Arrival” and “Don’t Look Up”. I'm convinced my books would appeal to the same audience, because I wrote them for me and I'm in that audience.

Thanks for your support!
XHY
https://XHoYenAuthor.com