by Ira | Jul 21, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
I just saw a post from an author…they wrote a 60,000-word book in 10 days. I can do that. Maybe not yet…but, shit…I *can* do that. I’ve written 6,000 words in a day. It’s very, very doable. It’s 4-6 hours of focused writing in a...
by Ira | Jul 20, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Man, today was awwwwssoommmeee. I’m in on my rewrite. It has begun, and it is GOOD. For now. I’m sure I’ll hate it in a weeks’ time, but this is really the major win: I knew today instantly that this rewrite was worth the time. It’s going...
by Ira | Jul 19, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Today was a recharge day. Not planned, but it was anyway. I have this “ideal” of working my ass off for four days of the week, and taking it easy-er the other three days. Write like the dickens four days, write not as much three days. I never seem to stick...
by Ira | Jul 18, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
I learned today about the value of pushing through. I was writing, and the words were good…but they weren’t great. They were missing something. I couldn’t figure out what it was, but I knew it in my gut, and because writing is still so new to me, has...
by Ira | Jul 18, 2018 | Originals, Starstuff-verse Shorts, VIP Readers Exclusives
The events of this story take place in the Starstuff Universe some years before (or after?) those of the Starstuff Trilogy. Captain Balta was a legend long before we ever met. ‘I heard he’s tried to escape seven hundred times!’ ‘He’s eleven feet tall.’ ‘His ship is...