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Day 2,770: Ten Pages

I wrote 10 pages today in my 2-hour early morning writing session. Hot damn. That’s my dream. If I can write 10 pages a day in the mornings while working full time…I can write a lot of books. I can write enough books that transitioning to full time somewhere down the line is actually feasible.

Banner day.

Need to do it again tomorrow, and that means going to bed!

Night

Day 2,769: Eight Pages

I wrote 8 pages this morning. Got it in before therapy. That means I wrote 15 pages in two days. Four hours, to be precise. Four writing sessions. A couple weeks ago, that was an entire weeks’ worth of pages.

I’m…turning a corner.

I’m going to set a much more ambitious page goal for this coming week. 50 pages. I’ll probably land slightly less than that. Somewhere between 35 and 40 pages would still be amazing…but I also think I *can* do 50. I do that, and shit…I could finish this book by t...

Day 2,768: Seven Pages

Rocked it today. Got up on time, and rocked it. Yes! I wrote 7 pages in two hours, which is…great. I want to work my way up to 10 pages in two hours, which is absolutely doable if I work on it. Particularly if I’m in a part of the story that’s really clear and moving along. Today, it was definitely a grind, and I still got 7 pages done.

Felt good. Going to do the same thing tomorrow after a good night’s sleep.

Podcasted with J. It was a great one. Went grocery shopping with Liz. Took a nap...

Day 2,767: Swing and a miss

Today was a zero day.

Man. It was STRUGGLE BUS. I failed, utterly, at everything I wanted to do today. I did nothing. I was a zombie. I…generally hate days like this. I want to be doing things, I have the TIME to do them…but I can’t. Or, I won’t. I choose not to. But, not like the kind of choice where I take it easy instead. I’m caught between the two, just kind of in a state of paralyzed anxiety.

Here’s the thing, though: I know why.

One, it’s been a truly insane two weeks work-wise, a...

Day 2,766: Tomorrow…

I want to write a lot tomorrow, but I know it’s going to be a challenge.

I can do it. I just know the pull to take it easy tomorrow after such an insanely busy past couple work weeks is going to be black-hole-strong.

But, as I sit here tonight, I know it’s possible. And I will feel so accomplished if I do.

Wish me luck.

Day 2,765: Caught Up

I’m finally caught up with work.

Jesus.

It was another 14 hour work day today. I’m wiped. But, going to bed pretty much on time. Going to write tomorrow morning come hell or high water.

Night night.

Day 2,764: Recovery

Today was a recovery day in a sense. I didn’t go hard. I slept in a bit, I took time to walk the dogs in the morning and evening, I took an hour-long nap. I spent some time outside in the twilight. It was…a less hectic day.

Still worked a full day. I just didn’t work extra. I needed that.

Tomorrow…back to the grind. I’ll need to get some shit done tomorrow, and then hopefully have a couple more days like today on Thursday and Friday. Wish me luck with that.

I’m in bed, too, at 10:30, wh...

Day 2,763: To Bed!

It’s another absolutely exhausted night over here at the Ho-Heinichen House of Horror and Hosiery. I worked another 12 hour day today. The good news? Well, one, it should be better starting tomorrow. And two…I’m not going to write about being exhausted tonight.

No, instead I’m going to write about the resolve I feel to get this book I’m working on written. I can write more. I know I can. I want to. I actually want to sit down and write in the mornings, and the words flow.

They didn’t flow ...

Day 2,762: Close

I am close to back on track.

After a truly, truly exhausting week last week, and a very busy weekend (I worked for 8 hours today!)…I am so close to caught up.

The writing suffered. I just had to send my co-writer an email apologizing for not having my pages to send him. I hope he understands. But…I also discovered that I can unequivocally write 4 pages an hour right now. That’s as-is. Not even ramping up my speed through practice. So…I have a new goal for pages this coming week, and it’s W...

Day 2,761: Ho’s

Spent a day today with the Ho’s.

I can’t remember if I’ve even mentioned that yet this week because it’s been so crazy, but Liz’s dad is down staying with us. Full house! Him and Tommen!

We spent the day together today. Twas lovely. We went to a really cool car and airplane bookstore over in Burbank, and he was able to find a bunch of books and magazines he didn’t have. Then, we went over to Travel Town in Griffith Park, which has a bunch of old train engines and cars. That was fun, too. ...