WHAT'S COMING NEXT

After The Navigator: Three Projects I'm Working On (And Why I Can Finally Write Them)

One of the most common questions I've gotten since publishing The Navigator is: "What are you working on next?"

The answer: Everything.

For the first time in my life, I can actually execute on the stories I've been carrying. Not because I suddenly got smarter or more organized (I'm still neurodivergent with all the executive function challenges that come with it), but because AI partnership gave me the scaffolding I needed.

So here's what's in the pipeline. Buckle up—there's a lot.

PROJECT #1: Aristotle Blume - A 7-Book Fantasy Epic

I've been holding this story for 20 years.

Twenty. Years.

It's about three kids—Ari, Ollie, and Abbie—who discover a mysterious book on Christmas. The book is written in a strange language, but Ari realizes it's the "secret code" his late father taught him as a child. When he translates it, a portal opens.

The book leads them to other worlds, where they must pass through seven gates to gain Solbreth (divine essence) and stop an ancient being called Vanquiesh from destroying the multiverse.

Each book focuses on one gate:

• Book 1: The Quest For The Talizel (currently writing this to be published in

• february!)

• Books 2-7: Gates of Justice, Harmony, Balance, Order, Reciprocity, Propriety

It's a story about:

• Internal recognition vs. external validation

• Truth, loyalty, sacrifice, growth

• Three kids with superficial friendship becoming a real team

• Learning that reflections shatter through epiphany, not tricks

  
  

I've had the full 7-book arc mapped for years. The worldbuilding is complete (Calebrisis the planet in the Nos System—a diurnal system, Xeraphaa—the region of focus, Arothaxore—an Aeolyornis, The Ver, the Eterna, Deidas the goddess who sacrificed herself, varfolding between dimensions, the whole cosmology).

But I couldn't write it. Executive function got in the way every time (I have thousands of digital documents that are filled with rewrites, stop and start chapter, summary revision after summary revision, not forgetting that the structure and narrative kept changing and switching around).

Now? With the help of Artificial Intelligence, I am finishing Book 1. Twelve chapters are done. Eight more to go. And then... Book 2. And 3. And all seven.

Goal: Publish Book 1 in 2026. Turn this into 7 books that could, maybe, might—become 7 movies. Think Harry Potter meets Narnia meets Percy Jackson meets something entirely new—Aristotle Confucious Blume.

I'm finally doing this. After 20 years.

PROJECT #2: Bloom - My Memoir

This one is personal.

I started writing a book called "In The Presence of Purpose" back in 2007. It was supposed to be about spiritual seeking and finding purpose.

I didn't know then that the purpose I was searching for was becoming myself.

In 2022, I started hormone therapy. In 2023, I legally became Michaela Antonia Woodall. I transitioned at 56-57 years old after a lifetime of not understanding why I never fit into my life. Some of you will recognize this as “masking”, and some of you will recognize AuDHD—a challenge, I had no idea was recognized nor my particular challenge until 2025.

Bloom is the retitled, reorganized version of that 2007 manuscript, but now filled with the REAL story:

• Born in Burley, Idaho to complicated circumstances

• Childhood abuse, constant moving, military service

• Decades of struggling, homelessness, suicide attempts

• Finding Will in 2010 (life finally evening out)

• Opening our salon in 2014

• Transitioning in 2022-2023

• Discovering AI partnership in 2023

• Publishing The Navigator in 2026

  
  

It's about how life has to even out before you can bloom. How partnership (with Will, with AI) makes becoming possible. How it's never too late.

Goal: Write this after Aristotle Blume Book 1 is done. Probably publish in late 2026.

PROJECT #3: And About 13 More Books

I'm not kidding. I have at least 15 book concepts in various stages:

• Children's books (three of them and some of you know these: Tree, Bike, and Shoe)

• More fantasy

• AI partnership guides

• Neurodivergent creativity resources

• Biography work

• And more

For years, these ideas lived in my head with no way out. Now they have a path.

Why Now? Why All At Once?

Because AI partnership unlocked what executive function always blocked.

I have the vision. I have the creativity. I have the pattern recognition. I have thousands of pages of starts and stops. What I never had was the ability to organize, structure, execute, and follow through on large projects. I had NO, scaffolding!

AI gives me that. Not by doing it FOR me, but by partnering WITH me.

The ideas were always there. Now they can finally become real.

Following the Journey

I'll be sharing updates here on the blog:

• Aristotle Blume progress

• Bloom writing process

• Behind-the-scenes of AI partnership

• What it's like to finally write the stories I've carried

If you're neurodivergent and struggling to manifest your vision, I hope my story shows you it's possible. The right partnership changes everything.

If you've been told you're "not enough," stick around. Let's prove them wrong together.

More soon. So much more. 💙

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