A Year-ish Later

me


            
                        November 11, 2025
                    
                
            A Year-ish Later
            
            
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First things first, the first draft is done and in hibernation. Initial feedback is good. I am curious what I'll think of it when I pick it up next week. I'm trying a two-ish week maturation instead of six. I hope I don't disappoint Stephen King.
This week, one of my goals is to zero in on a thumbnail design for this video. I'll share that when I actually make a new concept. 🙃
Today is a sorta, kinda anniversary though. Thanks to my handy dandy "Previously On Max Frequency" feature, one year ago today I announced this here newsletter and my gameplay YouTube Channel, The Max Frequency Library. Over the past year, I've written some 41,562 words across 65 letters and published 369 videos that make up God-only-knows how many terabytes. While the newsletter adheres  to the "real-ish time" qualifier from its pitch, the Max Frequency Library has published every day at 8:00 AM EST. I am quite proud of that consistency. 
While both projects are not large by any metric—8 subscribers and 17 subscribers, respectively—I am happy with my output. Memory Card has given me a tangible anvil to bang my ideas against in the pursuit of turning raw material into something worth your time.
Thank you for your time and attention. I look forward to sharing more with you along this journey. 
Until next time...
        
    
            This letter is one block from the newsletter Memory Card by Max Roberts. Thoughts? Send me an email at max@maxfrequency.net.
Max is the writer and producer behind Max Frequency. cultivate and curate curiosity—both for himself and for others—by delighting in the details and growing greatness from small beginnings.
He's written a rich history and dive on the making of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II, celebrated the 15th anniversary of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with the voice behind its hype, and examined how Zelda "stole" Fortnite's best mechanic.
Memory Card is a real-ish time, raw, drip feed newsletter of his creative process for telling these stories. It’s how The Thing™ gets made.
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