by Ira | May 22, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
I feel in-between right now. Which, if I were to track my moods over the past couple years that I’ve been writing this blog, is probably how I *always* feel after finishing some sort of project. This time the mood is rather mild because the “project”...
by Ira | May 21, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
Starstuff is off to the editors. They grow up so fast. Today was actually hijacked almost all day. No joke, two minutes after sitting down in my writing chair to bang out these last few notes, my phone rang and there was emergency apartment business that had to be...
by Ira | May 20, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
For day number one thousand three hundred, I went and watched the latest installment of the “Alien” franchise: Alien: Covenant Now…if you you recall…the last alien movie, Prometheus, made me want to burn Hollywood to the ground. This one...
by Ira | May 19, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
My manuscript was due today to my editor…but I got that pushed back to Sunday 😛 Of course! Of course it would take me at least just a bit longer to finish something. The good thing is that the remaining edits are truly, truly minor. The big stuff is mostly out...
by Ira | May 18, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
The apartment building this month! Good lord. Killing me (softly…with his hands…) We had a leak today. In the same spot, almost exactly, that we had a leak at the beginning of this year. Plumber had to tear open the ceiling yet again to track it down. SO...
by Ira | May 17, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
I got an hour and a half of writing work done today and my full hour of reading (fast becoming my favorite time of the day)… …the rest of the day was spent taking care of apartment business. We have an inspection coming next week from the county, and I had...