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Day 2,031: A Long One

I had an interesting day today.

I struggle to work from home. I’m not used to it now. I realized acutely today that I depend on going to work to get me into the working mindset. Which is, I guess, just a representation of how my work-at-home life has evolved over the past year and a half or so.

In a word: challenging.

That’s going to change. Starting tomorrow. I’m going to set myself a schedule tomorrow, and I’m going to stick with it.

Schedules also used to be my friend, but they haven’t bee...

Day 2,030: Another Quick One

Le sigh. Has to be another quick entry because it’s so late already.

Josh and I podcasted Easy Rider. It was…a trip. We had a blast watching it, and even more of a blast talking about it and “genre” beforehand.

Odd day for me. I felt like I had to clean and organize, so I did. Looking forward to discussing my book with a fellow author tomorrow, see if he might be able to help me finish it.

Night!

Day 2,029: A Quick One

Doing a quick one tonight because it’s late, but today…was a great day.

I did some writing. And I think I know, really for the first time, with clarity, why this Escape From Red Tower book has been so far to write. I’ve pinpointed the emotional truth that I haven’t been confronting, which is why the entire Petrick storyline has been so impossible for me to write.

The Red Robert storyline has been good and alive since the moment I started writing it. It’s always been Petrick’s story that’s bee...

Day 2,028: The Joy

I’ve been thinking a lot about the “joy” since the Nebulas.

Sally was the one who really nailed that for me in our all-too-brief sit-down together. We talked about my struggles lately, and she was right to point out that the joy was missing.

I mean, like most epiphanies with me, it’s not a completely new thought. But, for whatever reason, it just clicked differently talking to her. It is what’s missing. It’s not a problem with me. It’s not a problem with the story, per se, or my process, or r...

2,028: The Joy

I’ve been thinking a lot about the “joy” since the Nebulas.

Sally was the one who really nailed that for me in our all-too-brief sit-down together. We talked about my struggles lately, and she was right to point out that the joy was missing.

I mean, like most epiphanies with me, it’s not a completely new thought. But, for whatever reason, it just clicked differently talking to her. It is what’s missing. It’s not a problem with me. It’s not a problem with the story, per se, or my process, or r...

Day 2,027: Goodbye GOT

Game of Trones is dun.

Tonight’s episode was

Day 2,026: Nebulas

I went to the Nebula Awards dinner tonight. I…really enjoyed myself.

The group I was with didn’t win any of the awards they were nominated for. Unfortunately. But, I still enjoyed the speakers and the speeches, and generally just the celebration of artists by their peers.

I think that SFWA at-large has really done the indie author community a disservice with the way they’ve treated them this year. I’m not going to go into what happened; that’s been debated ad nauseum. But…SFWA is an organizat...

Day 2,025: And they’re off

I sent off my Story Grid Editor certification materials today. Whew. I hope they like them.

Taking a break tonight from writing StoryGenius 3000. I’m really, reeaalllyyy tired. After sending off that 19-page document, I probably could have slept for the rest of the day, but it was also the first BIG day of the SFWA Nebula conference down the street, so I packed up and went down there to listen to some fellow “genre” writers talk about writing.

I’m going back tomorrow for day 2.

Hopefully, mor...

Day 2,024: But, what?

If you could write any story, Gary, what would you write?

I dunno. A good one? What kind of question is that?

I didn’t mean to upset you.

Who’s upset? I just don’t understand why you’d ask me a question like that. Any story. I’d write all of them. As long as they were good.

But, where would you start?

…

If you had to pick a place to start. Where would you?

Fuck me. Where would you start?

I think…I’d just pick a story. Whatever came to me.

Okay. You’re the StoryGenius. What is coming to you?

I...

Day 2,204: But, what?

If you could write any story, Gary, what would you write?

I dunno. A good one? What kind of question is that?

I didn’t mean to upset you.

Who’s upset? I just don’t understand why you’d ask me a question like that. Any story. I’d write all of them. As long as they were good.

But, where would you start?

…

If you had to pick a place to start. Where would you?

Fuck me. Where would you start?

I think…I’d just pick a story. Whatever came to me.

Okay. You’re the StoryGenius. What is coming to you?

I...