by Ira | Aug 10, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Bit of a rough week on the writing front…but NOT A DISASTER. Minor miracle there, given how busy work kept me. Another suuuuuper fast turnaround dropped on me late today. Here’s the thing, though, about when that happens: I kinda get to be the hero, you know? I’m the...
by Ira | Aug 9, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Twenty pages today. Woo! Wiped. What’s amazing, though is that I was wiped all day, and I still got my work done and my pages. I’m on a roll, for real though. The only thing I will say about how I currently construct stories is this: my Act 1’s don’t need to be so...
by Ira | Aug 8, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Coops and Joy are almost butt to butt right now on the bed. Coops has gotten WAY more comfortable with her around. Finally. It’s such a relief. He’s way less stressed out by her, and she’s way less scared of him. I think she’s just finally grown up enough—and it’s...
by Ira | Aug 7, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
One of those very, very busy workdays. They don’t happen often, thankfully, but they do come around every so often. Honestly, I’m thankful to be busy. I need my job, and it’s reassuring to know that my job needs me. I was able to get in 10 pages before the floodgates...
by Ira | Aug 6, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Joelly was a short-haired white and grey-patched cat. She had tabby stripes in those patches. I’m not sure what kind of coloring that’s called, but she was a round, very sweet cat. And patient to the extreme. I have vivid memories of delighting in trapping her by...
by Ira | Aug 5, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Merle was my first dog. A big German Shepherd, and my first best friend. The story goes that Merle was the dog of one of my mom’s friends, and some situation came along—like moving, or something like that—where they couldn’t take Merle with them, and so my mom...
