by Ira | Jul 4, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Ten pages. My new book is ten pages long, as of today. Right on the MONEY. Whew. And it wasn’t that hard, guys. I just did it. The power of an outline. A scene I outlined MONTHS ago…but it stuck in my head just as fresh as when I wrote it back then. It was living in...
by Ira | Jul 3, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Our neighborhood is going to be pretty exuberant with the fireworks, I think. I don’t know if they’ll necessarily be exploding on our street, but they will certainly be going off all around us. Luckily…Coops has been completely non-reactive thus far. Making sure he’s...
by Ira | Jul 2, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
It was actually a busy Saturday. Therapy. Coco treadmill. Those two things really kind of took up most of the day. Sigh. Days off can be hard. Today wasn’t. BUT…I do have so much to do…I’ve really let it grow kind of giant in my mind, I think. I need to just buckle...
by Ira | Jul 1, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Well…today was a mixture of no margin for error and paralysis. I had the morning get hijacked a little, and then failed to manage my time properly in the rest of the day to get my start on writing. I’m going to be okay though. It starts on Monday. And I can use the...
by Ira | Jun 30, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Ohhhh boy. Tomorrow is going to be a big one. Tomorrow is day 1. I haven’t exactly set myself up for success, which I’m realizing is resistance, BUT…I’m going to have to be resilient, you guys, if I’m going to do this 40-day writing challenge. I’m going to have to...
by Ira | Jun 29, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Ya. As expected…I did not write ten pages today. I…needed a day off. Or so resistance sold me on. And tomorrow, too. But, Friday is July 1st. It seems like a good day as any to start my writing bonanza. I’m…scared of it, but I’m also excited. I know I can do it. I’m...
