by Ira | Sep 9, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
I find myself thinking about “how do I just do me?” What is my personal angle, point of view, and/or voice that’s JUST me? And not because writing with a market in mind, or picking a genre outside of my comfort zone hasn’t been successful…but I do still feel like I...
by Ira | Sep 8, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Man. What a week. I was so freaking busy with work. Insanity. Weekend plans? Finish my damn book. So, more work ahead. Sigh. But…I have the energy. I have the desire. I can do it. Not this weekend, to be clear. It’s going to take longer than two days to finish this...
by Ira | Sep 7, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Has to be a quick one tonight because I am WIPED and it’s already past bed time. Work. Workworkworkwork. SO MUCH WORK today. But…I’m in good shape. I got almost all of it done, and the rest I can finish tomorrow. Whew! Night night.
by Ira | Sep 6, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Nine years. NineTEEN, really, but Liz and I have been married for nine years. It’s kinda hard to put that in perspective. That’s a full quarter of my life, I guess. And we’ve been together for half of it. That is wild. And yet…it’s not. Because it honestly feels like...
by Ira | Sep 5, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Missing Coco tonight. And realizing that Joe’s room doesn’t have very good WiFi. I’m…gonna have to fix that. It’s annoying, too. This mesh system we have is supposed to span 8,000 square feet, which is 1,000 more than our entire lot size. Bollocks. Night...
by Ira | Sep 4, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
The audit continues…lo and behold, I didn’t have to look far this time to find ANOTHER day that was just plain missing. This one I don’t really have an explanation for. I do have gratitude, however, since it was so easy to find. Let’s see,...