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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...
Day 801: Cooper/Coco is worth it
Yeah, baby, they're worth it. The Ho and I have been singing that song all day, replacing the words with the Coops and the Coco. Speaking of the pups, I finally made Coco's appointment for next week to go and see the doctor and get her teeth cleaned. She's in dire...
Day 800: Love your first draft
800 days. Boom. I'd *totally* forgot that this milestone was today, and it couldn't be more appropriate. There's this advice out there that you "shouldn't fall in love with your first draft." I've heard it before from several sources, and while I understand where...
Day 799: Yassss
Today was a much better day off. I had a very nice day. It was NOT restful...but that, in the end, was what I needed. This whole getting myself a new chair to sit and write in proved to be more stressful for me than I'd anticipated. Spending the money on it was...
Day 798: Blech
I don't seem to ever do well with these "days off." I forced myself to a certain extent to take the day completely off today. I plan to do somewhat of the same tomorrow...though perhaps not. I'll probably do some apartment cleaning, some chair shopping, and some...