by Ira | Jan 21, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
This little mini kinda impromptu staycation time was very enjoyable today. Feeling more like myself today. Did my writing, did my work, saw Josh and played nine holes down at the par-3, worked on my retrospective…it was good times. Actually relaxing. I even...
by Ira | Jan 18, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
It’s all starting to come together…in my office, anyway. The Ho and I took a late-night trip to Target and I *think* we found the rest of the office stuff that I want. Jury is still out on the ottoman we found, but I dig it. Side table and lamp are in as...
by Ira | Jan 17, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
Eight Hundred Eleven Days. I don’t know why exactly that number strikes me as much as it does tonight, but it does. That’s a lot of days, man. A lot. When I started this bloggity blog, I had no idea I’d go this long. No idea. I started my...
by Ira | Jan 12, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
A fully revised draft, line-edits and all…was completed tonight. Halleloo. This short story, like I wrote about the other night at length, has been an exercise in figuring out my process. I haven’t re-written something to this extent since…probably...
by Ira | Jan 11, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
As in, I crushed today. Not like something crushed me. Today was just one of those days, man, where I did everything I set out to do. All of it. I wrote for all the hours I wanted to, which turned out to be exactly how much time I needed to finish the second draft of...