by Ira | Sep 2, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Fifteen pages today! Zonnkkkkkeeeddd…but yeah. I got them pages done. Just a couple more sequences one, only one of them a major one. I did not get the reading and editing done, however. It took all I had to get the fifteen pages out. So…that’s okay. That’s another...
by Ira | Sep 1, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
I should hit juuuust about 100 thousand words tomorrow on the book. HOOOOOOMMMEEEE stretch. I am wiped. Fifteen pages (that’s about 3,600 words, give or take), plus another 25 pages of reading/editing. Whew. Zapped. Zonked. Zilched. I do it again tomorrow, which...
by Ira | Aug 31, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
We went and saw Alien: Romulus today — it was fun! It’s not perfect, but it is WAY better than the last, most-recent additions to the franchise, which is a welcome relief. It’s back (mostly) to haunted houses in space, and that, folks, is what I’m here for. I...
by Ira | Aug 30, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Late! Time for bed…but it was a gooood Friday. Got my writing done. Scheduled myself out, actually, for the next week to get this book DONE. Gonna be a push, but I can do it. I’m so close. Podcasting was great, we watched To Catch a Thief which is just about one of...
by Ira | Aug 29, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Liz and I have a shared obsession with Everest docs. It’s fascinating to watch these people do such a dangerous thing. The footage is obviously amazing, but really for me it’s the psychological aspect of it. What is the type of person who does this? How do you see...
by Ira | Aug 28, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Irvine is not LA. Just sayin. That’s the OC, and the south OC. Coops is so much better today! Whew. Eye was open like normal today, no complaints, slept through the night last night, acting like his normal self. We definitely picked up on the injury a lot faster this...