by Ira | Jul 19, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s late. Decided to stay up a little past bed time to watch this week’s episode of I’ll be Gone in the Dark, which is the Michelle Macnamara/Golden State Killer documentary on HBO Max right now. Might be HBO proper, in fact I’d be surprised if it isn’t, but we’re...
by Ira | Jul 18, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
The opening to this new novel is coming together, damnit. It’s a slow process for me right now. Which I…I was going to say “hate.” But, that’s not true. I don’t hate it. I love it, actually, spending all this time on these scenes, getting them right. Or, at...
by Ira | Jul 17, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote a scene today. Top to bottom. And it’s a solid one, I think. We’ll see how it reads. But, I think it works. This opening sequence is still longer than I want it to be, or I thought I wanted it to be, I suppose. But…I like it now. It’s exciting. As long...
by Ira | Jul 16, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Coco is sitting upright on the edge of the bed tonight waiting for Liz to come to bed and give her a second nighttime treat. I say “second,” because she already had one from me. I finally caught up today at work. I’m caught up. Finally! It feels good. I’m all set up...
by Ira | Jul 15, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s a half hour past bed time! Ye gads! I’ll make this one quick: Writing was great. Finished the scene I was working on! It’s close! I think…we’ll see 🙂 Work was busy AF, but I got my shit done. Whew! Helped Bear with an audition. That went great! Walked pups....
