by Ira | Sep 30, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Another bit of a hectic day, this time getting the old pantry well-stocked again. Costco and Ralph’s. Plus an impromptu chat with someone from our mortgage company (a good one, not a bad one). Doing some financial stuff. The end result was feeling a little untethered...
by Ira | Sep 29, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
It’s an odd place, the interstitial between one project and the next. I mean, technically, I’ve already started the next. That started yesterday, the very next day after finishing the last book. But…the gas pedal is taken off a bit, still. And that’s an odd feeling....
by Ira | Sep 28, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I’m getting us back into the fine distinctions! It’s something I have bandwidth for, I guess, when I’m not so pressured with my writing, lol. Okay, been a while. Let’s crack open the book and see what we got… Maze versus Labyrinth. Ooo! A good one. Okay. A maze has...
by Ira | Sep 27, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
The book is done. I’ve written that now for the eighth time. I’ve finished eight novels. Or, at least, the first draft of the eighth has been written. It will be done done in a few weeks. And my second finished book this year, which is a first. That’s pretty wild, on...
by Ira | Sep 26, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
The book will be done tomorrow. That would be on time according to my cowriter, which he swung by graciously pushing our release date, but a month late according to my own schedule. Getting it done any earlier than that, honestly, was going to be impossible. I don’t...