by Ira | Jul 20, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Live sports are back. Almost. I watched the A’s play an exhibition game tonight versus the Giants. We were two weeks away from Opening Day when the pandemic hit back at the end of March. This is the first time I’ve watched my team play since. It was…surreal. And...
by Ira | Jul 19, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s late. Decided to stay up a little past bed time to watch this week’s episode of I’ll be Gone in the Dark, which is the Michelle Macnamara/Golden State Killer documentary on HBO Max right now. Might be HBO proper, in fact I’d be surprised if it isn’t, but we’re...
by Ira | Jul 18, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
The opening to this new novel is coming together, damnit. It’s a slow process for me right now. Which I…I was going to say “hate.” But, that’s not true. I don’t hate it. I love it, actually, spending all this time on these scenes, getting them right. Or, at...
by Ira | Jul 17, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote a scene today. Top to bottom. And it’s a solid one, I think. We’ll see how it reads. But, I think it works. This opening sequence is still longer than I want it to be, or I thought I wanted it to be, I suppose. But…I like it now. It’s exciting. As long...
by Ira | Jul 16, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Coco is sitting upright on the edge of the bed tonight waiting for Liz to come to bed and give her a second nighttime treat. I say “second,” because she already had one from me. I finally caught up today at work. I’m caught up. Finally! It feels good. I’m all set up...
by Ira | Jul 15, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s a half hour past bed time! Ye gads! I’ll make this one quick: Writing was great. Finished the scene I was working on! It’s close! I think…we’ll see 🙂 Work was busy AF, but I got my shit done. Whew! Helped Bear with an audition. That went great! Walked pups....
