by Ira | Jun 5, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Once again, thumbing it. Joy is snugged up in the exact spot I’d need to put my iPad to write this entry, and she’s not budging. Silly baby. Another day a bit out of it. Going to be out and about tomorrow super early and away until the afternoon, I think. So…it was...
by Ira | Jun 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Thumbing it tonight. Joy just haaaad to curl up in my lap, so no room for the iPad. She’s such a snug. I love it. Got eight pages written today, which is better than six, the standard, but not as many as twelve. I just petered out by the end of the day because work...
by Ira | Jun 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
List three books that have had an impact on me. Resisting the urge to make a joke and say the bible. Honestly, the first one that came to mind, because it was recent, was the Dan Simmons series of essays on Writing Well. Massively influenced by that, which essentially...
by Ira | Jun 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Coops spent allllll day with me today out in my office. Sweet boy. It’s late, so this is gonna be a short one…but I’m excited about filming our podcast. Whether or not Liz does social media for it (and I hope she does), I’ve turned the corner and am really looking...
by Ira | Jun 1, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Today I learned that ‘jidaigeki’ film is a Japanese genre that means its a period drama, and specifically the time period in Japan before the Meiji restoration, which was when—among other things—Japan began to heavily industrialize. So…the period before all that. The...
