by Ira | Sep 19, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Making it a quick one tonight. Been a hell of a week. Not all bad at all, to be sure, but intense…also, to be sure. Ran around town today with Liz. Been doing a lot of that lately and I see it keeping up as long as we’re working on this particular project....
by Ira | Sep 18, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Long day. Long week…but a good one. Genuinely. This week has had it’s ups and downs, but for me personally, at least, it was a very good week. The world continues to burn. Rest in peace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You were a champion for women, and you can never be...
by Ira | Sep 17, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
The last few weeks have been a struggle. I’ve struggled to write. I’ve struggled to work out. I’ve felt tired, overwhelmed and burned out. I know I’ve talked about that to some degree during that time, but I don’t think I’ve talked about it enough. I’ve fallen out of...
by Ira | Sep 16, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Man…I went through two full weeks without writing. Damn. I fixed that today, though. The good news is that the book is still right there, raring to go. The story is great. The scene I’m working on is almost fully assembled…it was a good writing day. Work...
by Ira | Sep 15, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Today was a good day. Thank lawd, it was a good day. Work went great. Writing just now went great, I had a great, great idea for this opening sequence, a true crisis moment just presented itself and it’s so simple and so clear…it’ll be a cinch to write. What is...
by Ira | Sep 14, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Dammit. I banged my foot putting together a shelf tonight. Got it pretty good. In other news…the Ikea shelf that I’ve been trying to add to my office for literally the past month and a half is FINALLY HERE. Hooray! It actually came in a few days ago, but I’ve...