I’m indie writer Teague de La Plaine.

I write to understand what I’m observing—about people, systems, and where we may be headed as a species. Much of my attention is focused on long-horizon questions: how humans coordinate at scale, how shared global systems emerge or fail, and what responsibility looks like in a world shaped by accelerating technology, ecological limits, and deep interdependence. I capture this in essays and my fiction and nonfiction writing.

My books are available on Amazon and in my future online bookstore right here (check back!).

My background spans defense, security, strategy, and applied analysis, but I’m not interested in expertise for its own sake. I’m interested in sensemaking—especially outside institutional incentives and cultural noise. I write in public because thinking benefits from friction, and because the problems that matter most aren’t solved in private.

Open Logbook (OpenLog) is where I record these observations as they develop. They aren’t final positions or polished arguments. They’re field notes: provisional, sometimes incomplete, occasionally revised by later entries. I keep everything free, but I offer an inexpensive subscription to help keep the lights on (running this website isn't cheap). Separately, I write about craft, indie publishing, and the practical life of a working writer under the Novellistic banner.

I don’t publish on a fixed schedule. I write when there’s something worth logging.

If you’re here to read, challenge, or quietly observe, you’re welcome. If this work stops being useful to you, you’re free to step away. Either way, I’m grateful for the time you spend engaging with it.

All One / Teague

48.8767° S, 123.3933° W