by Ira | Sep 30, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
There is nothing like sleeping in your own damn bed, man. Nothing. I haven’t been for the past couple days because Liz was feeling under the weather, and we’ve found that the sick person getting the bed and the other person taking the air mattress has a 100% success...
by Ira | Sep 29, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
It’s so funny how as soon as you get really deep into a project, that’s when ideas for other, new projects come to mind. Shiny little distractions. I think I know what I want to write whenever this current military sci-fi book series has run its course, or at least...
by Ira | Sep 28, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Zonked today. Pretty much a basket case. But… Still did my work. Crushed it. Did some client work, too. And tried to take it easy. I think I’m going to tomorrow, too, actually, at least on the creativity front… But, after that, it’s back to work. The next task is an...
by Ira | Sep 27, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Ding Dong the book is done, the book is done, the book is done! Ding Dong the fricken book is doooonneee. The first draft, anyway. Send off to my co-writer for his tweaks. And then…and then some rewrites. We’ll see how in-depth my cowriter would like to go with those....
by Ira | Sep 26, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
I haven’t been tracking my page count recently. I think that’s a good thing. I’ve been focused on story…which, honestly, is easy when you’re almost done. It’s the beginning and most of the middle the require the most uphill effort, and thus the motivational tool of...
