by Ira | Mar 6, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
This week was a rough one, y’all. I’m spent. I worked over 40 hours in the span of just three days, including a 16-hour day on Tuesday. Followed by news that my work situation is changing slightly. Hopefully only slightly. There are a couple opportunities in that...
by Ira | Mar 5, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s late so I have to make this a quick one. I had a good day today. I decided on what to do next with the shift in work, and in much less time than I thought I would. I usually don’t need pokes and prods in order to jump at an opportunity either, but this time, it...
by Ira | Mar 4, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Change is always scary. At first. And sometimes second. But change has always been good to me. I don’t know how I forget that, but I do. And it’s true, it’s always been good. Without fail. Even deciding to write full-time in 2017 that failed in every respect save that...
by Ira | Mar 3, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s 12:37am. I just got home from work 😂 But, I got done what needed to get done! Finally. Voted. Got work done like a boss. Gonna sleep. Like a boss.
by Ira | Mar 2, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Liz is punching her pillow right now for some reason. Tenderizing it, perhaps? And Coco is under the covers because it’s cold and she has he nose pressed right up against my torso. I can feel it. It was a long, loooooong day today. Work has been crazy. But, hopefully...
by Ira | Mar 1, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Writing craft is hard. How do you suck in a reader with words? How do you make something come alive to them, reveal the story and its characters in a manner that makes them feel real and alive, and therefore worthy of our joy and pain? And its not as simple as knowing...
