by Ira | Feb 20, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Man, up and down day. I was really, really worried you guys that my minor epiphany last night about carrying bad ideas for too long was really going to sink me into a depression… But it didn’t. I woke up feeling…normal. And my session with my editor went...
by Ira | Feb 19, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
I sit here tonight listening to Gravel Road (which came on randomly…bless the stars), thinking about the inertia of bad ideas. I read a blog post from Hugh Howey, an accomplished author whose work is good enough that I listen when he talks, about that concept up...
by Ira | Feb 18, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It so easily could have gone off the rails today. I got to work having forgotten entirely that I was supposed to move desks today, which meant gathering up my stuff—the easy part—and wiping out all my personal stuff from the computer I’d been using for the past three...
by Ira | Feb 17, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Today was a funky day for no particular reason. One writing session today in the morning. Couldn’t muster the energy or focus to do any more. I did take a nap, walk the pups with Liz, and get to do some model stuff. So that was all dope. And work was pretty low key....
by Ira | Feb 16, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Today. Today I felt like I had a reset day. Finally. I got to recharge today. Fully. The batteries have been re-filled. I went to the Hobby store today and I got the odds and ends that I need to actually get started. Things like pipettes to suck up paint for thinning,...