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February 13, 2019
Day 1,933: Peaks and Valleys
Ups and downs, y’all.
Today was an up. I was exhausted. Didn’t want to put in my writing session. Wanted to come home early. I didn’t, and I ended up writing the rest of the first chapter on Old Ironsides.
I also downloaded a bunch of other Military-ish SF books for research. Gonna do this right.
I’m keeping it short tonight because I really want to get a good night’s sleep in, so…good night. It was a good day today.
February 12, 2019
Day 1,932: Ask For Help
Last night was down on the writing.
Tonight won’t be. I can’t claim to have any breakthrough in my process except for this: it’s always worth the heartache when the breakthrough finally comes, and I get the write the end.
I feel like that flies in the face a bit of my “live in the now” philosophy, and maybe it does. Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree. But, all I can say to that is that I know it’s true; every time I’ve gone through a struggle on a project, I never really remember the strugg...
February 11, 2019
Day 1,931: Better!
Feeling better!
I did indeed stay home from work today, but I’ve been fever-free for over twelve hours now. Add in a truly massive nap from around 11am to 4pm and I feel like a new man!
If only the feelings about writing were any better…
I’m having a full on crisis, my friends. I don’t know what I’m doing with my writing. I really don’t. And I don’t know what to do about it. I feel kinda broken, if I’m being honest. I broke myself. Beat myself down.
I’m worried that it’s a pattern of self-sab...
February 10, 2019
Day 1,930: Treading Water
Man…this cold/flu/virus/whatever it is…nothing to trifle with.
I woke up at 4am this morning buuurrrrning the eff up. I had to go outside and sit in the cold for a while and take more drugs just to get the fever down. Been a while since that happened to me. I was having fever dreams, too. The kind where they’re so sporadic and frenetic they don’t make any sense. It’s like my mind has ADD and can’t stay on one thought or topic for more than a few seconds.
Exhausting. BUT, the good news is that...
February 9, 2019
Day 1,929: Old Ironside
Sheldon Frank 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 else, something warm and, well, breathable.
Low station had never held even such a fleeting visual pleasure as the frosty rock it was screwed to. It was aptly named–Low Station–and always smelled of shit. Sheldon...
February 8, 2019
Day 1,928: Le Sick
I think I’m coming down with a cold. Uuuugggghhh.
There were several people at work this week with colds. I think one of them passed it over to me. Might even be the dude I sit next to, now that I think about it.
It didn’t sound too bad, what they all went through, so I’m hopeful it won’t last long, but still…not looking forward to the progression on this thing.
Work was solid. Got a lot done. Writing was…actually good today. Genuinely. It started out horrible. And then I just kept working on...
February 7, 2019
Day 1,927:
Today was a cruising day. I wrote, but not for long. I worked. I came home a little bit early to rest because I was so tired…worked on audition stuff with Panda. Pilot season is ramping up.
It’s been a tough week simply in the sense that I’ve been so wiped out every night. I don’t like it. It sucks my energy, and I feel totally out of whack because of it. But, some of that exhaustion has been because of good stuff that’s happened.
I just want to be neck deep in the writing. That’s really what...
February 6, 2019
Day 1,926: A Step Up
Thumbin’ it tonight. My iPad is out in my office and I have none of the inclinations necessary to go and get it. Thumbs are underrated anyway, right? Who needs fingers when you got two thumbs is all I’m saying.
Today at work was solid. Workin hard. Makin the Netflix happy. And I am 
February 5, 2019
Day 1,925: Castin
Podcast tonight was 
February 4, 2019
Day 1,924: Le Quicks
Gonna make this one quick bc I rlly need to sleep on time tonight…
Today was a solid Monday. Work is going well. And so it the writing. FINALLY!
I’m going to take a break from Escape From Red Tower. For a little bit. It’s worth a try to see if I can find my groove on something else that’s less…large and complicated. Something I can see in my head.
That’s really the struggle right now with EfRT. I just can’t SEE it. At least the all-important beginning of that story. The ending and middle part...
