by Ira | Jan 4, 2023 | Featured, Journal
Happy new year! 2022 was a significant year for me as an author, a stepping-stone year. I learned some things that some of you may find interesting and hopefully helpful. Most notably: My co-writer and I published a first-in-series at the very end of 2021, and we saw...
by Ira | Jan 3, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
I got to play a little DJ set tonight. I had planned to actually record a 55-minute set for use while I write, but the little digital recorder we use was actually full on its memory card. Oops. But, that ended up being just fine, because I kind of experimented...
by Ira | Jan 2, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Quick one tonight so I can read before it gets tooo late. But…I woke up on time! I did some outlining! I finished up the last little bits of Netflix work that I had to make up because I stumbled going into my last few days before the holiday break. I was just burned...
by Ira | Jan 1, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
First thought of the new year: it’s really fun to learn Brit turns of phrase, particularly those used commonly at the turn of the century/millennia, by watching Grand Designs. Yes, we are still obsessed. It’s our show around this time of year. I started day 1 of the...
by Ira | Dec 31, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
We Grand Designed it into the new year. Pretty sure we were watching the show this time last year. We were rolling up our sleeves and prepping the house for the move, to be honest. Painting. Cleaning. Boxing. Updating fixtures. It was…so much work. This year we got to...
