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Day 1,957: Late

Man…it’s late again, so I’m (again!) going to make this rather quick.

I had another excellent day. Perhaps not quite as anxiety-free as my day yesterday or the day before, but I’m on a roll right now in terms of keeping my to-do lists under control and actually getting them done.

I’ve also now made sure I got my writing done every day for at least 5 minutes. I’ve written a chapter in three days. And I’m almost done with Starship Troopers. The book is so good. Like, there was an entire section...

Day 1,956: I’m Back…

I’m back.

I had a wonderful day today. Wonderful.

Got building stuff done pretty much first thing, beyond walking the pups and eating breakfast, both of which I was able to do on time.

Then I had time to edit down the Film School episode for this week, which is awesome. Two days ahead of schedule. And I got a bunch of errands done after that before I had to finally go into work. Dropped off good will stuff, gassed my car, parked in the new offsite parking for work and figured out how long it...

Day 1,955: Kleen

Y’all…it’s only one small step (for mankind), but the floors of my apartment are CLEAN. I scrubbed ’em down. Feels nice on my feets.

Had to leave for a hot minute there and get my writing done for the day and come back. I’m back. Got in nearly 500 words in like 10 minutes. Amaze. Stttillll not quite connecting with the actual prose a lot of the time…but that’s because I’m writing in the dark, I think.

I think.

It’s just been such a persistent feeling for so long. I worry.

But, I don’t want to...

Day 1,954: Genre

Had an extended discussion today with Josh about “genre,” a holdover from my time out in Nashville.

I love podcasting with that dude. We recorded another great one today watching The French Connection. Certainly not our favorite of the films we’ve watched thus far…but we did find it, as always, to be stimulating for conversation.

I didn’t do all that much else today. I went to sleep too late last night, and I woke up late this morning because of it. Le sigh.

I just did my writing. Wasn’t much...

Day 1,953: Fun

You guys…I just had a fun writing session. Jesus, I don’t know how long it’s been since that was the case, but it just happened. And maaann…I know why.

It’s because I was writing a scene I knew worked. Mystery. Intrigue. Action. Clear genre, clear stakes. It’s…the opening for a new book series. I can see it. Clearly. Shit goes down. It sets into motion a dramatic collision course…

I love it.

It’s nothing all that new. It’s very familiar, very comfortable…but I think that’s the point. I think...

Day 1,952: Off Count?

I might be off count again on the blog numbers. I’m not quite sure. At the very least, I know that I’ve been counting correctly for the past three months. Before that? Not sure. I just saw with a new sidebar feature that gives me post counts by category that I might be off

“Cold Open”

The events of this story take place in the currently-in-development world I’m calling simply “Codename: Old Ironsides”

CHAPTER ONE

Biowaste Processing Plant “Low Station”

Beta Beta Prime, Fleet/Order Border

Sheldon wanted to see something beautiful.

Beta Beta had long since lost her charms. Craggy peaks of ice like teeth and glittering snow held their share of pleasance, but there was only so long one could look at the same frigid, airless landscape before longing to see something...

Day 1,951: Uncomfortable

This week was a challenging one.

Mentally. Physically. I stretched myself this week. It was exciting, overwhelming, uncomfortable at times, and I thought a lot about how this feeling of things whirling around me, moving fast, feeling as though I wasn’t on solid ground…

How much of that is a sign that I am doing exactly the right thing. Anders Ericsson says that growth is uncomfortable, that in order to level up, we are actively stepping outside our comfort zone.

I feel uncomfortable.

I think...

Day 1,950: Hooooommee

Super short entry again tonight because I am snuggled in my bed at HOME. Oohhhhh how good it feels.

Travels today were bumpy, literally, but otherwise easy peasy. Dallas has a very shiny new terminal for Southwest. And it’s wet and rainy, like, everywhere in the country right now, including LA.

So glad to be home

Day 1,949: Last Day

Today was the last day of training out here in Nashville and I feel…full. Filled up with information. Not disk overload…but full.

I have a lot of learning left to do. I went through the binder we were given, and we covered everything in there, but there’s like another 50% of specific information on each of those topics that are there to dig into. Plus, and my dear instructors, please don’t think less of me because it was *genuinely* an accident…I realized three days before coming out here for...