Michael Loucks: Blog

I will begin posting A Well-Lived Life 2: Book 9 - Kami to SOL on Saturday, September 1. New chapters will be posted daily.

If you would like to obtain a pre-release version of Book 9 - Kami you may do so by contacting me by email at [email protected] or via Patreon.

Details for the new book:

Chapters: 64

Word Count: 405,300

Time Covered: July, 1995 to August, 1996

Thank you all for reading the 6,500,000 words of A Well-Lived Life, Volumes 1 and 2! I very much hope you enjoyed Book 8 - NIKA as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Book 9 - Kami will be published beginning September 1, 2018.

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There are many ways to interact with the AWLL community! For information on joining our low-volume mailing list or our Discord server, or for information on how to purchase pre-release versions of future books and gain access to additional material, please visit the AWLL Wiki.

Today, A Well-Lived Life passed the 3,000,000 download mark*. Thank you to all my faithful readers!

Book 8 is being posted, Book 9 is being edited and proofread, and Book 10 is being written. The story continues...

(*) Doesn't include downloads via my 'Early Readers' program or Patron.

If you'd like to see photos of Jeremiah's last hike and of his homecoming, you can view them here:

EMN2JSAdams

For now, just a simple site with a bit of responsive design for the photos. I'll flesh it out and add more pictures as events unfold over the next week.

Thank you ALL for your love and support. It's very much appreciated.

Note: The site was registered last night (2018-05-26) and DNS may not yet have propagated. It does show in 8.8.8.8 (Google), 9.9.9.9 (IBM), and 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) public DNS servers.

I want to thank each and every one of you who sent me a note, or said a prayer, or remembered us in some way. The outpouring of love and support was amazing and I'll never forget it.

I realize that the vast majority of you are in no position to attend, or may not want to attend, but I felt I'd let you know the details.

Visitation/Wake was held Friday, June 1
Memorial Service was held Friday, June 1
Funeral was held Saturday, June 2
Interment was Saturday, June 2

The visitation, memorial service, and funeral are open to anyone who wishes to come. The interment will be private.

If you are in the area, you are more than welcome to attend the wake or funeral. Just keep HOW you know me private, please.

In lieu of flowers, if you felt so inclined, please make a donation in the name of Jeremiah S. Adams to one of the following:


rel="nofollow">Wounded Warrior Project


rel="nofollow">Médecins Sans Frontières


rel="nofollow">Olympic Mountain Rescue