I’d say that writing this book has been more fraught of a process than the last, and it’s not because of the story…it’s a few other things, actually. First, I’d wanted to write this one slightly differently. Slower. Less pages per day spread out over a longer period...

My brother Russell would have been thirty-six today. Wild. It’s hard for me to imagine him at that age. Ticking over on the other side of his thirties, forties looming. lol. It’s definite a time of transition…though that’s true of any age, really, to be honest. Life...

Poor Coops! His hind back foot hurts, and I can’t figure out what the issue is. I think it might be the nail, but there’s no blood, not any foreign objects I can find, but I’m on my own at home tonight so it’s exceedingly difficult to see if there’s anything lodged in...

Whew. Flamed out today. Man was I tired. Couldn’t do my second writing session. Too wiped. So…getting to bed early tonight. Nothing a good night’s sleep and a focused, intentional day tomorrow can’t fix. Deuces.

It’s funny. I got The Night Agent and The Night Manager mixed up completely. Lol. They are not remotely the same thing. Though both are, apparently, going to get a season 3. I finished The Spy Who Came In From The Cold yesterday. It was really, really, really good....

My boy is home! Oh goodness I really really missed Cooper. So, he was away at our friends’ house because we were watching Sunny for the last couple weeks, and Sunny is a big dog. Cooper doesn’t get along with big dogs. Joy does. So, Cooper went to go stay with Stephen...

My book manuscript is juuuuust about halfway there. Pretty wild considering I don’t think I’d even started writing my last book until around July 1st last year. So…progress. Not all the way where I want to be, but progress. Had a really really really productive week....

I’ve written a lot of pages this week. Whew! Six more to go tomorrow, and it’ll be a perfect week. Happy with that. Do it three (four?) more times, and I’ll have the book written, which is pretty crazy. Almost halfway there. And the earliest time ever. Pretty wild. I...

Joy going ham underneath the covers right now. Just. Going. Ham. Got my shit done today! It was soooo touch and go at the end there, but I just sat in my chair until I finally felt like doing it. And it worked. Another twelve-page day tomorrow, and then I have a nice...

A little zonked tonight. Whew. I got my pages done, but it was a blur at the end. Too fast, I think. The kind of writing session where my brain goes faster than I can actually think. A good thing in certain circumstances, but not always the best thing when I’m...