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February 28, 2020
Day 2,312: Long Days
It’s another short entry tonight because it’s already almost 1am…
But I was super stressed out yesterday and this morning that I wasn’t going to get done what I wanted and needed to get done for work…but I did.
I got enough done AND got myself a little extension for the last couple bits to wrap it all up. People are happy with my work, too. Which is great.
Then, went over and podcasted with Josh. Doing the ‘cast recordings on Friday is always so much easier for me than almost any other day....
February 27, 2020
Day 2,311: Zonked
I. Am. ZONKED.
I worked 12 hours today at the Flix. Have a project that needs getting done, and I just wasn’t going to get there unless I put in some extra time. Might have to do the same tomorrow…we’ll see. I hope not 
February 26, 2020
Day 2,310: Not Working
The ability to know when a scene is or isn’t working is a skill.
It’s definitely one I have yet to master…but, I do have the sense most of the time with my writing. It’s not always clear what to DO about a scene that isn’t working, but at the very least, I usually have a sense of what is or isn’t.
When I’m in a good place with my writing, realizing that a scene isn’t working is an opportunity to go back to the outlining stage and make some better decisions. It’s almost fun. A puzzle or a...
February 25, 2020
Day 2,309: It’s Been A While
It’s been a while since I had a writing day like today. Over two years, maybe? Something like that. I think almost three years.
Today was a day where I wrote and I was…in the flow. Like, fully in the flow. I was just telling the story, and I knew it worked, and I was excited to be there watching what was happening and it was just…just like stepping into a river and floating. And I haven’t felt like that since I was writing my first book.
Today was the day, the first day I think I’ve really...
February 24, 2020
Day 2,308: Groove
I’m in a groove.
I didn’t write a lot of new words today, but I did all of my writing sessions, and I used them to plan. Both planning for the next couple chapters I’m writing, but also planning the upcoming rewrite. And…
I was excited. Genuinely excited. The fear is starting to recede, and it’s being replaced by what I’m used to feeling about my storytelling: excitement. Inspiration. A confidence that I can tell the story right, eventually. It’ll just take work to get there.
That’s…my lord,...
February 23, 2020
Day 2,307: Recharged
I had a solid weekend. It was busy, and yet I was able to recharge.
Had an idea tonight that I might like for the book. We’ll see if it sticks. But, the idea is that there’s a special place in the galaxy, the Source…and there are special pieces of the Source that were taken long ago that once brought together will serve to guide the way back to it.
But they’ve been lost.
One character has such a piece, and has become infected by its desire to return home.
We’ll see if it sticks.
Pups are...
February 22, 2020
Day 2,306: The Number
You know…talking about this today with Josh regarding not posting my entry last night, it really reinforced something to me about the number of these entries that I talked about recently with my therapist, and something I’ve kept in mind for a while now, a lesson I’ve learned.
It’s not about the number.
It’s not about the streak.
I use the number at the beginning of these blog entries to the point that they make me proud, that they fuel me to move forward, and that they serve as a marker of...
February 21, 2020
Day 2,305: Oops!
Never posted this entry last night! Twas a brief one, anyway
February 20, 2020
Day 2,304: Up and Down
Man, up and down day.
I was really, really worried you guys that my minor epiphany last night about carrying bad ideas for too long was really going to sink me into a depression…
But it didn’t. I woke up feeling…normal. And my session with my editor went really awesome this morning, and I had a great day at work. Like, I am feeling confident that I’m getting a clearer picture of this story, beat by beat, a feel for what’s truly working deep in my gut. And the time it takes to get there is...
February 19, 2020
Day 2,303: Bad Ideas
I sit here tonight listening to Gravel Road (which came on randomly…bless the stars), thinking about the inertia of bad ideas.
I read a blog post from Hugh Howey, an accomplished author whose work is good enough that I listen when he talks, about that concept up above: the inertia of bad ideas.
Inertia is the continuing movement an object will make once its been set in motion, even if that act has ceased; its moving on its own, now, because it has mass.
A Bad Idea is one that sucks the life...
