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Day 3,293: So Handsome

Well…the first reads of the book are rolling in from my co-writer’s insider team, and the returns are good. Whew! Thank god. People are enjoying the book.

It’s a beast. In a good way, I think. I hope. I still have a few tweaks of my own to sneak in there, but it’s just those at the very, very end. It’s going to be done tomorrow. Which is crazy. I think writing this one was even more work than the last. Which is wild, because the last one was colossal. I’d love for writing these things to get ...

Day 3,292: Blue Check

Man, so Twitter is literally doing Elon’s blue checkmark. $8 a month. Pay to play. They rolled it out today, I guess.

So…I think we’re done, right? It’s over? I guess I’ll say this: my line is if they let Trump back on the platform. If that happens, I will delete my account and leave. But, I don’t have to buy a checkmark. So, I won’t. I’ll hang in there until everyone else leaves, or Trump is allowed back.

Great day. The book, you guys…it’s almost there. FINALLY. I fixed some legit shit ov...

Day 3,291: The Stretch Run

Amazing day today.

Ooohhhohoohohhhooo did resistance try to stop me today. SO many times. But I pushed through. Book had to be sent back today to my co-writer. Had to. Proofreaders are waiting for it. We have a pre-order up that almost 500 people are waiting for. Can’t be changed. Book has to be done.

So. I sucked it up. I pushed through and fixed some things. SO MANY THINGS. And there’s still stuff to be fixed. I didn’t quite make it through all 17 of my pages of notes, BUT…I still have o...

Day 3,290: Not nearly enough…but it’s a start

Man, I didn’t get nearly enough done today…but it’s a start.

It’s been a while since I tackled a rewrite process like I am right now. Whew. It took me getting actually healthy today and a lot of effort, but I have the rock rolling downhill. I edited some goddamn pages. Made them better. I even wrote an entirely new chapter.

Whew!

Tomorrow needs to be an epic day. Like, EPICALLY epic. And it can be. It will be. So help me god.

Night night.

Day 3,289: My God Man

Short one because it is time for the sleeps, BUT…

I feel better.

Now, to go and finish a book, this time for real.

Night night!

Day 3,288: Sick Wow

Wow. You GUYS. In the madness that is my life right now, working so hard every gottdam day…I completely missed my ninth anniversary of writing this blog.

NINTH. ANNIVERSARY. I’ve been writing a blog every day for NINE YEARS.

It’s kind of wild. It’s a habit I started, and I just never stopped. I do most of these entries on autopilot now, I’m not going to lie. But, they help me enormously, still. They mark the time. They’re a place to just dump my brain before bed. They make use of my iPad.

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Day 3,287: SICK

I am sick. Boooooo. I’m sure I’m forgetting a time or two…but I can’t remember the last time I was sick except for right when the COVID lockdown first happened.

It’s all because our goddaughter is in town. She’s sick. Got me sick for sure. Le sigh. And I have so much freaking work to get done this week. It’s probably why I was susceptible in the first place. What can you do, though, except soldier on, which is what I did today. Had to take two naps and work well into the night, but I got some...

Day 3,286: Best Laid Plans

Finishing this second book is a milestone. It’ll be the first “second” book that I’ve completed. The last time I tried to write a second book, I crashed and burned. The demons got me. I got me.

Not this time.

I finished reading the manuscript today. I have about 17 pages of notes on things to fix, which I have to turn around in two days, probably…but that’s okay. It’s going to get done. It has to get done. It’s that simple.

I’m enjoying the perspective of having done it. Of having taken...

Day 3,285: Swifty Dad

We got to hang out with our friends Ali and Lizderfer tonight and it was SO NICE TO SEE THEM. They came over for my birthday, but we didn’t really get to hang one on one. Well, we did tonight and it was glorious. Talked about buying houses and moving, talked about spooky movies and good television. Just enjoyed each other’s company.

I’m about an hour of reading away from finishing my book and all the stuff I caught that needs fixing. Whew! It’s going to be a fucking DAY to get all that shit d...

Day 3,284: Two and a Half

Solid work day. Still didn’t get everything done I needed to, but I did enough, I think. I’m content. I need to work through the weekend, but I’m content.

I really don’t have much for you tonight. Glory 2 is coming back to me very, VERY soon. I need to be ready. I have the last 25% of it to read through and make notes on. I have a feeling it will need some of the most notes, lol. So…plan is to have it done tomorrow. And even if I fall short on that, having it done Sunday will work. And the sa...