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January 15, 2020
Day 2,268: Alas Poor iPad
Alas poor iPad…
I left you at work. So here I am thumbing it.
Soooo tired tonight. Blech. Need to get some sleep. So, keeping it short tonight. I know that’s been the norm lately, but just haven’t quite slipped into a sleeping routine again, yet. Still adjusting. My default is to be so much more of a night owl.
Writing was good today. Great, in fact. Did some revision brainstorming and structure work. Got me excited and feeling like I really do have a solid story here. Lots to fix and amp up,...
January 14, 2020
Day 2,267: Bundled
Coco is all bundled up in between Liz and I right now. We just had to clamp her down to give her eye drops. Oh, how she fights those every night. She’s such a stubborn dog. She really is. Coopey is a pushover compared to Coco.
That’s my girl.
Writing was good today. I feel…back in rhythm. Thank you baby Jesus. Aaanndd…I may have even ACTUALLY thought of a way to split this one story into two complete, satisfying books. Maybe. It warrants thought. And perhaps takes some of the pressure off of...
January 13, 2020
Day 2,266: Le Quick
Quick one because it’s sleepy time:
-writing was great today, feels like I’m back in a rhythm
-work was great, too; staying ahead of my projects like a boss
-hanging with bear at home was even greater; we started watching The Witcher. It’s trash…but whatevs.
Night!
January 12, 2020
Day 2,265: The Gravel Road
I have a favorite writing song. If you want to know what writing feels like for me, the days when the writing is good, listen to “The Gravel Road” by James Newton Howard. That’s what it feels like. Exactly.
It’s from the film The Village, which isn’t all that great. It’s not terrible. But it does kinda rely on a big twist that isn’t really all that satisfying. I will say this for M. Knight: he’s very inventive. Struggles, perhaps, with his endings (except for The Sixth Sense), but his stories...
January 11, 2020
Day 2,264: Relationship
I love building relationships in my stories.
I love taking two people who don’t like each other, two people who push each other’s buttons, and having them find common ground, respect, and maybe even start to get along.
Love that shit.
I like writing the allies.
I mean…I guess I like writing the villains, too, but it’s always harder for me to figure them out. It always takes longer. But they’re very satisfying once I do…I just don’t like it as much as like writing the friends.
Niners won...
January 10, 2020
Day 2,263: Friyay
This was a rough week.
Not emotionally. Nothing like that. I just mean…it wasn’t smooth. It was rough in the sense that I was jumping back into my routine after not having been in that routine for a while, and it was all over the place.
I had a good writing session today, man. Great, in fact. The scene came out super fast, super clear. And I think it’s a keeper. All because I remembered that I need to sit down and walk myself through the scene in my head before I start writing it.
Learned...
January 9, 2020
Day 2,262: Coco Interrupted
Today was rough for a very simple reason: Coco woke me up at 2:30 in the morning because she wasn’t feeling well. Poo explosion. Vomit, too. Poor baby.
And THEN I couldn’t get back to sleep. I tossed and turned for what turned out to be almost three hours, because…
Coco had to go out again at around 5:30 in the morning.
I got back to sleep a little after that. But, man…I got probably four or five hours of sleep total. And that was pushing my wake-up time back to try and make up for the whole...
January 8, 2020
Day 2,261: Another Quick
Making this one quick again tonight! It’s time for sleeps. Want to get a full 8 hours, and the only way to do that is to get my head on the pillow early enough.
Work was great today.
Writing was brief, but surprisingly good! That was a relief.
Then, I got to go downtown and meet up with a writer friend of mine, J Thorn. We got to talk shop together, and to know each other in person. That was honestly amazing. Cheers, J. Had a great time.
Then came home to my beautiful wife and our beautiful...
January 7, 2020
Day 2,260: Quick
Back in. Today felt normal. Felt very insecure about what I wrote, but…that felt normal too 
January 6, 2020
Day 2,259: Chuffs
Coco.
A pea in a green blanket pod.
The green rises and falls as she breathes in
Breathes out.
She’s making coffee now
It steeps with each little burble of her breath
She sounds like a coffee maker
Falling asleep.
She makes the noises for me. So I know she’s happy.
Little chuffs.
She used to make them for her puppies.
Now
She makes them for me.
Good night Coco.
