I have all nine PCs set up for the conference in two months. “Set up” as in windows has been updated (and updated and updated aaanndd…updated and you guessed it more updated) and software has been installed. Next up: testing each setup in full to make sure everything...

Joy is…sleeping on the floor right now. Why? Because she wrestled her pillow off the bed and then decided she was done wrestling and jumped down to join it and fall asleep. Sweet baby. Gonna go grab her once I finish writing this entry. Busy day. Busy week. Not a ton...

This week hasn’t turned out to be all that great for writing, but I despair not. Next week will be. I can feel that in my bones. Work has been busy. Got my teeth checked on after their deep cleaning a month ago. Things look good! The gums responded well. That was good...

Sleeping in the guest room tonight because I may have been exposed to COVID. Just being safe! My gut tells me I’m going to be fine, but better safe than sorry, you know? I got the Coops with me. Another half-day on the writing front. I mean, it’s still 30 pages so far...

Liz is home. The better half is home. I had another ten-page-day which was good enough for me, man. I should be able, now, to end the week strong. 60 pages isn’t 80, but it’s enough. I’m almost into Act 3. I should be tomorrow, in fact. Or, at the very least, by the...

Hmm. I’ve hit a little skid here. I had a half day in me today, and then I sputtered out. I’ve lost a bit of my edge. But, I know exactly how to get it back: a really, really good night’s sleep. I’m almost in the home stretch on this novel. Resistance wants to delay...

It’s time for sleep… I had a…rollercoaster of a weekend. I was pretty zonked, it turned out. More than I thought I was. I took another two hour nap today. Struggled both yesterday and today with getting the reading done I needed to, and I didn’t get it done, nor did I...

Joy likes to dig on the bed. Inevitably, this backs her right up into Cooper. EVERY. TIME. He’s getting really good at just ignoring, her, however. Being very patient. She also like burying her head into the pillows or blankets, which she also just did. She cracks me...

Keeping this one real short tonight. Got through my 80 pages. Looking forward to a weekend off, and got it started reeaalll nice with a night of podcasting with Josh. We watched a very early “talkie” with a complete cast of fast-talking, horribly recorded Irish folk....

I’m starting to feel what it’s like to write 80 pages in four days. And I mean feel that in a way that’s…calm, conscious, and not overwhelming. Like it’s an exercise I know I can do; it’s not easy, but I understand the effort involved, and I can pace myself...