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Day 3,263: Eighty

Met my villain tonight for the very first time. I know who he is, now. Took me a bit, but better late than never.

He’s not going to be executed perfectly in this book. I don’t have enough time. But, I think he’ll be close enough. I hope so. He’s quite the motherfucker. Smart, cruel, and unpredictable. A fanatic.

Anyway…still not quite done. But close. I know…“close” all week, but it’s true. Figured out this little thing about the bad guy, and I’m back in business after feeling very frustra...

Day 3,262: Fifteen

Whew. Long days.

It’s just past midnight, so gonna make this entry short BUT…I’m real, reeaaalll close. Not everything in the story is landing the way I want, but I just have to be okay with that right now. Some stuff just needs time to stew. I can figure out ways to get it right over the next couple weeks. Right now…I just need to finish this draft (and get everything right that I can get right).

That kinda makes it sound like I’m just getting the draft done, which is absolutely not the c...

Day 3,261: Twenty-Two

Weird. The app was all freaking out just a second ago, not letting me type and whatnot.

Closing in on the end of this book, you guys. For really real. I have one more big fight left, mano a mano showdown, which I think I can get through tomorrow…and then wrap it all up on Friday.

I wrote almost 8,000 words today. Holy shit. And they were good words, too. Really good words. Got all emotional when the heroes bust in to get one of their friends out. She was so happy to see them. So, ya. Reall...

Day 3,260: Sixteen

Only sixteen pages today, BUT…I can totally get twenty-five done tomorrow and have averaged 20 for the last three days. And it will put me really, really close to the end. I think I can finish on Thursday. We’ll see.

Time for sleepy sleeps. Sooooo cccllloooossseeee.

Night night.

Day 3,259: Twenty

Wrote twenty pages today. Needed that. Gonna go for twenty-five tomorrow…or, rather, just aiming for six hours of writing. I should be able to pull it off. No other activities scheduled outside of just work. Wish me luck.

And in that regard: it’s bed time. Liz is home. All is good with the pups and the kitties…and this book is gonna get FINISHED. Night night.

Day 3,258: Taste

Not an insane writing day today, BUT…I have found my resolve. The book will be done this week. It must be. I can do it, too. It’s go time.

Sigh.

Really wanted to have a blockbuster three days of writing. Couldn’t manage it. It was too overwhelming. But, tomorrow, I can work my antidote to that: get up on time, and just start working.

I got this.

Night night.

Day 3,257: Close

I’m close. Really, really close. I just need to keep going.

I can smell the end of this book, and because of that, resistance is seeping through every nook and cranny. In therapy today, I realized the thought that resistance uses against me the most is that I wish it was easier. I wish writing a book was easier, and that it took less energy. But, it does. It always will. It’s not easy. That doesn’t mean it’s not joyful, or even just enjoyable…but it’s always exhausting; it’s always hard.

N...

Day 3,256: Long Days

So, we found a husky wandering the streets today. Collar, but no chip. Put a leash on him (easily, he was an absolute sweetie) and went for a walk around the neighborhood hoping that he was going to lead me to his home…but then after a while I realized that we were just walking in circles and he didn’t know where he was.

Put him in the backyard so I could do some work and help Liz with an audition, and then took him over to the nearest shelter, where they assured me nothing bad was going to h...

Day 3,255: Whoops

I have to go back and check the numbering on these blog entries every couple weeks or so, just to make sure I didn’t screw up the count. Well…I did again 😂 But only a couple days ago. Easy to fix. Always easy to fix actually.

Watched Halloween with Josh tonight for the podcast. That was fun. So far behind on that. Blerg. But I can easily fix that, too. Just need the time to get them posted, which I should have soon, I think.

No writing again today BUT…I got the stuff done that I needed to....

Day 3,255: Cudi

Pretty epic day today.

I finished a major client project. All the way to the end. Sent it off. And then worked all day on an asset for the Flix work. A fun one. Creative. Which means it definitely took a lot out of me to do it…but I hope they like it. Still needs some tightening tomorrow, but I’ll send it off and wait for feedback.

I actually have two other titles I have to do the same thing for, make an edit that’s similar to another asset that’s been done for that title. I’m essentially ...