Getting work done on the house always zonks me out. And I mean other people working on the house. I just get physically tired, a good kind of tired, when I’m doing work myself…but if it’s other people, it really spaces me out by the end of the day. Still had a very...

Sheesh. It’s already bedtime. Work was busy today. Which was stressful because we had the pups going to a new vet all the way out in Thousand Oaks for teeth cleaning. Joy is 11lbs, my little baby chonker. Actually, 11 is fine for her, I think. But she is so tiny, we...

The traffic to this little website has dramatically increased lately, and I don’t know why. Like, here’s the thing, guys…save for a dedicated few who just wish to keep up with me because they know me, I don’t see the appeal of these daily blog entries for the masses....

This evening’s fine distinction is “convince” versus “persuade.” You convince someone to believe something. You persuade someone to do something. So, you convince someone of the existence of God, and then you persuade them to go to church. The book goes on to point...

Fine distinctions are back! Tonight, it’s a pretty easy one, I think: Sorbet versus Sherbet. Sorbet is non-dairy. Sherbet may add up to 2% milkfat. This is what I found the book pointed out that was interesting, though: sherbert, with that “r” so many of us pronounce...

It late. Past bedtime. But it was a nice Saturday. I feel pretty exhausted and out of it…but it was a good day. We watched Mickey 17. It was…not good. Le sigh. But we had fun watching it together. Night night!

Thumbing it again tonight and wiped…but it was a good week this week. Found my rhythm writing again, which just feels…wonderful. Like relief. I even had some time to work on ads today. Get those going again. Finished my Shakespeare reading. Got to spend time with Bear...

Yall it is SO MUCH WORK, this outlining process, but it so very very satisfying to see a character or a scene start to come to life. The sketch is always fun, the rough shape…but this detailed outline (and then, obviously, writing the scene) is when I actually start...

Day started out like gangbusters today. I figured out how many scenes I need to aim for with each session. I think I was writing about it last night, but my outlining process is finally, finally starting to alllll make sense to me. I can see my necessary steps, now....

A much, much better writing day today, thank goodness. The entire story has shape. I have to go in and fix some stuff I’d filled out, and then fill out the majority of the scenes, but the loose sketch is all the way there, as of today. Each scene needs a spark of...