by Ira | Oct 3, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
You ever wake up grumpy? No reason, just foul? I freaking almost never do that. I’m a happy waker. Or, at the very least, I’m a tired zombie waker. Not today. I woke up grumpy. Stayed that way, just feeling in a funk, till around lunch time…and then...
by Ira | Oct 2, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote all three sessions today. That’s a win. The writing wasn’t great. I’m on a sequence of scenes that clearly need to be fixed. They’re not working. They’re not ringing true. There’s an emotional truth that’s not being...
by Ira | Oct 1, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
It’s different this time around, the writing. I can feel a bullshit scene right now. I can sniff it much better and clearer than I used to…this most recent scene that stuck me in the mud–which came at the worst possible time, too, since it was in the...
by Ira | Sep 30, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Home and wiped the eff out. Whew! Traveling was pretty easy peasy, praise be. So glad to be home with the pups. Gonna pass out. Night!
by Ira | Sep 29, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Had breakfast today at the diner across the street from our hotel. It was okay. We both got bagels and lox. Satisfying, but nothing crazy special. Joe Hill, the writer, was randomly also there. I guess he’s doing a signing over at Powell’s tomorrow. Then,...
by Ira | Sep 28, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Julianne and Mike have joined houses. Three cheers for the Weston-Ho clan! The wedding was absolutely gorgeous. It was cold af, but that’s why I brought a nice warm sweater 🙂 And the cold was actually perfect becaaauuuseee…a storm was rolling in. But it...
