by Ira | Aug 5, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Wrote a bunch of pages today! 14, I think. Almost through this final big set piece. Super, super exciting to see it all come together. Twists. Shockers. People are changed. Life and death. Act 3 shit! Banger of a book, I think. I hope so, anyway. My co-writer seems to...
by Ira | Aug 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Did you know cockroaches can fly? Neither did I! Just saw one do it. Tis the season in LA, I guess. They’re out there. Not too many of them, one here, one there, but they are out there. I feel like LA has roaches, but in very reasonable quantities. I don’t think I’ve...
by Ira | Aug 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It’s bed time! Rapid fire one tonight. Watched the Hungarian Grand Prix. Exciting race! But not for Lewis. Hung out with Wolfie. We played corn hole and Spirit Farer after. Christina had COVID, so we did everything outside and I wore a mask when I was close to Wolfie....
by Ira | Aug 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Had a wonderful hang this evening with some friends. We sat out on the patio and watched Snacks and Joy run around together, ate sugar melon, all after a jaunt down the street for Leo’s Tacos which…my god…they were spectacular. I love the taco spots within walking...
by Ira | Aug 1, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Twas a week of burnout, I’m afraid. Inevitable. It wasn’t from lack of trying. I grinded. Still came up short. It’s okay. It happens. Especially because I’m so close to finishing. I’ll get up tomorrow and Sunday and write more pages…but the final push is now next...
by Ira | Jul 31, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Wrote a really intense scene today. Took it out of me. The most intense scene I’ve ever written, to be honest. The most horrifying. The most heartbreaking. I…didn’t expect it to be so intense. At least to write. I knew it would be pretty gut-wrenching from a...
