Updates

Welcome, Keely App v0.6!

A lot of the changes made grew out of the work I am doing on the desktop app, so they are all about usability, the reader experience, and how it looks when the site is built. There is still a long way to go, but I’m closing in on something truly usable!

October 21, 2026

Features

Why a Desktop App?

That’s what I wanted for Keely App: an app that is local to your device, creates simple text files YOU OWN that you can copy or move anywhere…

August 5, 2026

Features

Phase 2 Begins!!!!

PHASE ONE COMPLETE!!!! I can’t express how excited and nervous I am about phase two! Nervous, because while phase one was all about building a website generator, which was new territory on its own for me, phase two is building a desktop app and that is something I’ve never ever done before. I’ve wanted to, […]

July 22, 2026

Features

Made FOR Metadata

Books own publishing.  That has been true for centuries, from ancient Greece to illustrated manuscripts to Gutenberg to modern publishing corporations. Everything was built around the idea and form of the book, whether it was a scroll or a codex, and so production methods focused entirely on creating the finished product: a collection of writing […]

July 15, 2026

Behind the Scenes, Features

Building the Vision

I have dearly longed for a way to bring up a story’s wiki entries while reading the story since…well, since before the internet.  One of the first things I bought after reading Dune at the tender age of 15 was to buy McNelly’s Dune Encyclopedia (which, in 1984, had just been published). That should tell […]

July 8, 2026

Behind the Scenes

The Test Story’s Story

So the reader demo site is “live” and you can go read my novella, Family Feud there.  Hilariously, the story is chopped up into parts, chapters, and scenes, despite being so short. While those elements are usually reserved for (much) longer works, and this story could easily just be a collection of scenes, I wanted […]

July 1, 2026

Behind the Scenes

Vibe Coding the Apocalypse

I am fully aware of my limitations, and creating the Keely App was far beyond them. Without the funds to hire coders and engineers to make my vision come to life, I was stuck.

June 24, 2026

Behind the Scenes

Meet Keely-Boo!

It is something I care about, almost as much as I cared about Keely. She was a great dog, and I hope this will be a great app in her honor.

June 17, 2026

Updates

It lives!

It’s really exciting to see this come together, and as I write this, I don’t even have a website or blog to share the news on yet! (I assume if you are reading this then I got my act together at some point.)

June 8, 2026