A quick public service address for my fellow authors out there: Vanity Presses are a scam. Avoid them at all costs. What’s a “vanity press?” It’s a company that sells services to get your book published. Okay…so why is that evil? Good question. Here’s why: A publisher...

Home and back to work! Ahhhh. It feels good. A wonderful visit over the weekend, truly. TRULY. It was so nice to see Ryan and hang out. Miss him. And hang with Lisa and Penny, too. Love them so much. It’s also really, really nice to be home. And I’m home for a nice...

Introduced a good friend tonight to the show Alone. He loved it. I’m so happy. I hope he watches it. Another lovely day up here in Ashland. Penny, you guys—my friend’s almost-five-year-old daughter—is so freaking sweet. I have had such a good time hanging out with...

Played mini-golf in the afternoon sun today…mistake. We were all WIPED from that, lol. It was fun, though. We’ve been having an amazing time visiting up here with Ryan, Lisa and Penny. SUCH a good time. There’s such an age difference between 3 and (almost) 5, man....

We’re up visiting Ryan, Lisa and Penny. It’s so lovely. Beautiful weather. They have chickens, and they’re adorable. Penny is adorable. Ashland is adorable! It late tho. I’m EXHAUSTED. Flying, man. It’s so tiring. Night night.

Nothing better than a shower before bed. It’s funny, I used to be a shower-in-the-morning person. Helped me wake up, etc. But Liz convinced me of the shower-before-bed methodology as being superior. Then you sleep CLEAN in your bed. And that’s magic. Writing today was...

Less crushing today, but still crushing! I’ve…gotten…SO MUCH work done in the past two days. It’s a glimpse into what I can do. I just need to make is sustainable. That’s the trick. That’s the rub. I can work so much faster; the block is mental. I’m trying y’all. I...

Crushed. It. Today. I wrote for six hours today and got a shit ton of this outline done. Almost to Act 3. I can be more economical with my words; I don’t need to write the entire freaking scene. Just outline it. It’s enough. I’m going to have to dive in and reinvent...

Bad writing day. I did almost nothing. But here’s the thing: I got this. I do. I really do. Tomorrow is going to be the best day I’ve had in a long while. Let’s do this. Night night.

Need to finish my outline and start writing the book. Have to. It’s as simple as that. It’s all out tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it. Good sunday. We got to hang out with Stephen and Thida in the morning. Had breakfast/brunch together. They made homemade egg...