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Day 811: It’s all in the character
Eight Hundred Eleven Days. I don't know why exactly that number strikes me as much as it does tonight, but it does. That's a lot of days, man. A lot. When I started this bloggity blog, I had no idea I'd go this long. No idea. I started my retrospective today. I think...
Day 810: A fresh start
Ahhhhhhh... I *really* needed a shower, guys. And I got one tonight before bed. AND vacuumed the whole house and washed the hardwood floors. AND did laundry, including nnneeewwww shheeeeeettssss. They're like butta. I needed a day like today. I got my writing done...
Day 809: Submitted
I turned in my short story today. I have lost any sort of sense on whether or not it's any good...which is an odd feeling. I'm not sure if it's just this one story that's got me feeling all out of whack and uncertain, or if this is a preview of things to come 😛 I...
Day 808: Nnn-Tsss Coco
Tonight's blog should be all about da techno and acid house...808...get it? If you don't, don't worry about it 😉 But today was all about Coco. We took her in to get her teeth cleaned, then had some breakfast downtown and got the Ho this play that literally the only...
Day 807: My Star Trek Island
Here's who stays: Data, Picard, Spock, Bones, Kirk (as long as he's always with Spock), Worf, Barclay (so much Barclay), LaForge (has his own version of the Kirk-rule, always has to stay around Data), Riker, Guinan, Garak, Bashir (has to be around O'Brien all the...
Day 806: Draft Two
A fully revised draft, line-edits and all...was completed tonight. Halleloo. This short story, like I wrote about the other night at length, has been an exercise in figuring out my process. I haven't re-written something to this extent since...probably 10 years. 15...
Day 805: Crushed
As in, I crushed today. Not like something crushed me. Today was just one of those days, man, where I did everything I set out to do. All of it. I wrote for all the hours I wanted to, which turned out to be exactly how much time I needed to finish the second draft of...
Day 804: Ground Control to Major Tom
David Bowie just passed away. News broke and first everyone was upset because they thought someone had hacked his account, but now it's clear its true and everyone is much more upset. Bowie wasn't a huge musical touchstone for me early-on, but he certainly was one...
Day 803: Finding a rhythm
Artwork tonight, which is badass, is from Dan McPharlin So much of everything in life is rhythm, right? Writing definitely falls into that category. I haven't been in much of a rhythm since I finished the rough draft of my novel at the very end of 2014. That's a...
Day 802: Happy Inception Day Batty
January 8, 2016: the day Roy Batty was incepted into the world as a service unit for the outer planets. Several years later, he'd return to earth in search of his creator and get retired, kind of, by one Rick Deckard. At least if you go by Bladerunner as opposed...