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Day 1,728: Le Quicks
Quick entry tonight because it's already bed time: I had a wonderful Sunday. Perhaps not as sleepy and nappy as I'd hoped, but I got to sleep in a bit, and that was awesome. Watched the A's beat the Giants to win the Bay Bridge Series trophy for this year, I had a...
Day 1,727: Possibilities
I just saw a post from an author...they wrote a 60,000-word book in 10 days. I can do that. Maybe not yet...but, shit...I *can* do that. I've written 6,000 words in a day. It's very, very doable. It's 4-6 hours of focused writing in a work day. And I can do that for...
Day 1,726: Slay
Man, today was awwwwssoommmeee. I'm in on my rewrite. It has begun, and it is GOOD. For now. I'm sure I'll hate it in a weeks' time, but this is really the major win: I knew today instantly that this rewrite was worth the time. It's going to take me a bit to finish,...
Day 1,725: Recharge
Today was a recharge day. Not planned, but it was anyway. I have this "ideal" of working my ass off for four days of the week, and taking it easy-er the other three days. Write like the dickens four days, write not as much three days. I never seem to stick to that...
Day 1,724: Pushing Through
I learned today about the value of pushing through. I was writing, and the words were good...but they weren't great. They were missing something. I couldn't figure out what it was, but I knew it in my gut, and because writing is still so new to me, has been so up and...
“By Any Other Name” – Chapter 1
The events of this story take place in the Starstuff Universe some years before (or after?) those of the Starstuff Trilogy.Captain Balta was a legend long before we ever met. ‘I heard he’s tried to escape seven hundred times!’ ‘He’s eleven feet tall.’ ‘His ship is...
Day 1,723: In The Swing of Things
This post, somehow, has been lost. I'm not sure how, but it has been. I'm writing this on July 23, 2019. Just over a year after this day happened. Apparently I played golf with Josh. How apt, given that I'm planning to see him tomorrow in the here and now. But, here's...
Day 1,722: Back to Werk
I wrote 2,000 words today. This was on a short story/novella for my VIP readers. Because of some email service glitches, I won't be able to send it to them tomorrow morning, but that's just as well. There are some kinks in the story I want to work out, anyway. Namely,...
Day 1,721: Happy Kids
Liz and I just spent the evening with the King kids, and oh are they just the best. They're just such happy kids. So smart, so outgoing and energetic, so fun and creative...and well-behaved. They came back recently from a trip to France. Matt and Cat have both been...
Day 1,720: Betas
I sent the rough draft of Escape From Red Tower off to my beta readers today. It took me several hours to put that together, which I wasn't expecting 😛 But, it's off... ...and going through all those chapters and all those pages actually reminded me that this book IS...