by Ira | Jul 15, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Liz and I just spent the evening with the King kids, and oh are they just the best. They’re just such happy kids. So smart, so outgoing and energetic, so fun and creative…and well-behaved. They came back recently from a trip to France. Matt and Cat have...
by Ira | Jul 14, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
I sent the rough draft of Escape From Red Tower off to my beta readers today. It took me several hours to put that together, which I wasn’t expecting 😛 But, it’s off… …and going through all those chapters and all those pages actually reminded...
by Ira | Jul 13, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
RIP Water Bottle. We had a great run, you and I. You kept my water cool, and I drank from you. You had a thermos lining that was probably meant for hot tea, but I filled you with fridge water instead, and oh, did you keep it so so refreshing. It was a good...
by Ira | Jul 12, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Woooooof. Shoutout to Bilc Raul, a blast from my past, and a gentleman of renown! Thanks to him, all my old links on ze Facebook and Twitters will now automatically redirect to my new site, and then he ALSO got me set up with the new SSL requirements, which was a...
by Ira | Jul 11, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Oh, how I’ve wanted to write this for so, sooo long about this (second) first draft of my second novel: words complete! I finished the story today. It’s not “the end,” since it’s the second book in the trilogy (and third, but more on that...
by Ira | Jul 10, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Liz and I went out to see a comedy show tonight. Her former cast-mate from Disjointed Chris was in town, and his long-time show partner Moses runs a regular night downtown, PLUS her friend KT was also going to be there…and so we went. It was an *excellent*...