by Ira | Jul 31, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
All this difficult can become easy. The first word I thought of was ‘hard,’ but that’s not quite right. The opposite of ‘hard’ is ‘soft’ 😛 But ‘hard’ is what I was thinking of, in the sense of writing is hard. Doing pushups is hard. Working from home is hard. Until...
by Ira | Jul 30, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
There was an EARTHQUAKE last night. Four-thirty in the morning, something like that. Woke us both up, and I ran and grabbed Cooper since Coco was already on the bed next to Liz if we had to run for it. We didn’t. It was over in a second. Not really that bad after the...
by Ira | Jul 29, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Do you ever have those days where you just wake up grumpy? I did this morning. For no real reason, except that I was a little behind on my work, and a little behind on my writing. Otherwise, I think it was just a mood I woke up with. Sometimes those days are hard. Not...
by Ira | Jul 28, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
The writing was better today. Thank god. I needed a better day. It’s been rough since the end of last week. But, it was better today. I love writing. I really do. That’s where I’m at with my writing tonight. I love it. I love the exploring and the editing and the...
by Ira | Jul 27, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
The Terror. It’s so good. Dan Simmons. I’ve read him before. Hyperion is a masterful book (though, be warned—not a complete tale in and of itself!). This show on AMC from two years back, based on his book, is goddamn incredible. Thank you to Liz for recommending it so...
