by Ira | May 14, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Today was not the day I finished. But I grinded. I left too much of the end of my outline unfinished. That, in a nutshell, is the reason for the slowdown. It’s cost me probably…three weeks? Wild! But true. It doesn’t matter. I’m still right at the finish line. One...
by Ira | May 13, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Whew. So…today got hijacked starting at 3 in the morning when Joy starting waking up every couple hours to go outside. She peed, pooped, and then started puking. She was normal after that for breakfast and walks, but then starting around lunchtime she started to get...
by Ira | May 12, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Hey, so Widow’s Bay on Apple TV+ is fun! Three episodes in and it’s very funny. And our friend was in the last episode, which was amazing. She did great. Truly…very much enjoying the show so far. I worry it’s heading towards all-of-the-everything type premise, like...
by Ira | May 11, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Had a really good day of writing today. Very productive. Not quite as many pages as I wanted, but damn near close. And some of them involved reimagining some stuff, so there’s that. Tomorrow should be even better. Whew. Wiped. A little zonked, but mostly just wiped....
by Ira | May 10, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Very, very close to finishing this book. Need to push push push. I didn’t have the kick ass day today I thought I might, but that’s okay. It’s happening tomorrow. You heard it here first. It is happening tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll finish, but I’m getting a really...
by Ira | May 9, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I didn’t get six pages today, but I did realize a scene needed to go differently. A character needs to make a different choice. So, that was nice. It was just a reminder to always, always trust my gut. If something doesn’t feel right, don’t write it. Come up with...
