by Ira | Jul 31, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
It is bed time BUT…man, I hit twenty pages today writing-wise. Whew! Wasn’t all that hard. I think I’m finding a groove. I hope so. I definitely have some things to fix this weekend, and it’s going to take some TIME to do so. But…I don’t think they’re too major. They...
by Ira | Jul 30, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
So, the win is that I just did a last writing sprint here to finish out the week with 60 written pages. Done. Did it. This little hour before bed of 9:30 to 10:30 was very, very effective. I think I wrote four pages in about 40 minutes. And GOOD pages, too. I...
by Ira | Jul 29, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
I caved in and let Joy run around with Snacks this evening for a little bit. And by ‘run around’ I truly mean she just ran around the yard having the zoomies. They hardly actually played together at all; she just wanted to run. And you know what? She is ZONKED OUT...
by Ira | Jul 28, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Joy is so crazy before bed now. I have to believe that part of it is that she’s not getting nighttime walks right now because she’s recovering from getting fixed. No play time with Snacks, either. But man, she is WILD before bed. Right now, she’s digging around under...
by Ira | Jul 27, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Had much of my writing rhythm disrupted today BUT…I knew that was going to happen, so I made sure I got in some hours early. I can reliably write three good pages an hour. GOOD pages. No rushing. Stopping to fix stuff as I go. Clean enough prose to give it an easy...
by Ira | Jul 26, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Coops has a heart murmur. He saw a cardiologist today and the news is about as good as it could possibly be. Downside, he does have a heart murmur. The upside: it’s a type that has an 80% chance of developing so slowly it will never be an issue, and currently, his...
