Quick one tonight. Stressful day. Sigh. Here's to a better day tomorrow!

Day was helter skelter today, but I know exactly why: routine was changed. I rolled with it, nonetheless. Did my two writing sessions. Didn't finish my rewrite notes, but that's because my brain legit shut down after about an hour. It was like "nope, you have zero...

I was struggling with a scene today, and I had kind of an epiphany. I realize now in retrospect that the critical voice was getting the best of me. It was telling me all the reasons why the scene I was trying to write wasn't going to work, and I wasn't sure how to fix...

Coops got his large back cyst removed today at the vet. He has to wear the donut of shame again...though he honestly doesn't mind it all that much. He likes to lay down on it. Keeps his head propped up, which he likes. Stitches in his back look pretty gnarly, but doc...

This Sunday was a bit weird. I didn't really have anything to do. I stayed home all day. I guess I'm just not used to that. I felt...off, but not in a bad way. Just kind of...out of it. Niners won. They're actually good this year. For reals good. They pummeled the...

Progress. I'm actually making progress. Not just in my writing...but my writing is what I've been thinking about most this week. I just had another little breakthrough tonight, another piece that fell perfectly into place. A domino I can set up earlier that will fall...

Do we need a sympathetic villain? I feel like that's something storytellers have been taught...and I'm just not so sure it's necessary. And I really do mean I'm not sure. I don't have an answer. All I know is that I have the question. Do villains need to be...

I might be in a little mini groove. I wrote another thousand words today. Halleloo. Quick entry tonight because I want to hit that hay, but there were some small victories today that felt good: I was tired this morning, driving to work, and worried about being...

It never fails; I always have at least one good idea before bed. This writing before sleep thing is staaaaarting to kick in. I'm on a streak right now that's very satisfying. And by "writing," I mean on my current work in progress. Not the blog. Obviously THAT streak...

I'm in the zone. I can feel it. It's a nice place. The zone feels like one day at a time. One scene at a time. One word at a time. The zone is in the present. It's not worried about the future or the past. It's focused. It's calm. It doesn't slide too high or too low....