The fourth novel is written. Not exactly done, I guess, since it’s right back to work tomorrow morning doing some cleanup and rewrites, but it is WRITTEN. I will not miss my deadline. I did it. My plan I set up for making up lost ground this summer fucking WORKED....

It did get done today, but it will tomorrow. Not a work. Just facts. Tomorrow will be the day. One more big scene. It’ll be the fastest I’ve ever written a novel. Last week of July through September. Almost exactly two months. That’s…man. That’s amazing. And it’s a...

Man. I’m actually close to finishing this book. One more great day might do it. If not, one more great day, and then one more easy, quick day. It’s funny, I was actually feeling it today. The music was good, the scenes were flowing. It wasn’t a rush. That was a...

I’m on the edge of finishing this book. Wobbling. Really wanted to push hard today and couldn’t find it. Really want to push hard tomorrow and finish, and hoping I find it. I find my mind wandering into the future and the past. Thinking about where I want to go, and...

So, over the last ten years, I’ve flubbed the day count here and there enough to be off (from yesterday) by ten days but REALLY…I’m off three days, somehow. Three days unaccounted for. And they probably exist, actually, I just didn’t tag them right so they haven’t...

Joy was sooooo happy to see me tonight coming home after podcasting over at Josh’s. Waggy tails and lots of kisses. Coopey, too, but not as exuberant. Movie was good tonight. It was the first fully Hitchcock movie I think we’ve watched. There’s an argument to be made...

Niners won. I figured out some battle stuff in my book AND realized I’d forgot to include a character so I went back and fixed it…and also took a two hour nap after breakfast because I was so tired. Blerg. Still not quite finished with this book, but I am SO DAMN...

Well…the writing groove is more like a rollercoaster. I only wrote 10 pages today. Burned out after three hours instead of the normal 5. Oof. BUT…it’s better than nothing, and I am still feeling the groove. It’s momentum, really. The end is near. I just need to keep...

With relief, I can say I’m back in the writing groove. 19 pages today. Got through one of the major battle scenes. Or, I guess, one part of the major battle. There’s another part to come. Hopefully it’s thrilling. Getting really, really close to the end. Don’t know if...

I just saw a memory that reminded me today is Coco’s gotcha day. September 18, 2014. It’s sad to not be able to share another one with her, and it’s sad to me that I only got to spend 8 with her. That’s not enough. Not fair. But, really, I just miss her. Joy is in her...