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Day 1,913: good day

I got a message today–well, I saw it today, it was sent a couple days ago–from someone who was excited to read the rest of the Starstuff series…and man, it gave me a little boost. Not that I exactly *needed* a boost today. My writing today was brief, but solid. Good words. Words I think I can use.

I have to cut it short tonight. I didn’t get enough sleep last night, so tonight…it’s gotta be a full 8 hours

Day 1,912: Pushing Through

I had another rough writing day today until I didn’t.

It was rough to start, and I was afeared that I wouldn’t get my second hour in at the end of the day because I had to leave at 5 in order to podcast with Josh, but I finished my work just early enough to sit down for a full hour.

I didn’t know what to write, so I just wrote about what I was thinking and feeling in a separate document until I felt ready to roll into my story…and I ended up writing over 2,000 words today.

I do keep writing a...

Day 1,911: Murder Mountain

So, it’s weird to see the place where you grew up on “national tv.” Especially with a title like Murder Mountain.

Liz and I have started watching the show and it is faaaasscinating. I, of course, have HEARD of Murder Mountain. We spoke, in fact, to someone who was a member of the Sheriff’s office about it just about a year or two ago, in fact, and how the impending legality of weed was going to change everything. And it has, and still is…

But I didn’t actually grow up in that particular part...

Day 1,910: Werk werk werk werk werk

Y’all. The visualizing WORKED.

I low-key wrote 2,400 words today. That’s enough for a full chapter…which isn’t exactly the way it happened because I ended up tossing out about 1,500 of those words, but it doesn’t MATTER…because what I got were about 900 of the *right* words.

I’m in my new chapter. Finally. I found it.

Huge.

So, yeah…it’s yet another reminder that I just need to keep pushing forward, day after day. Just Keep Writing. Trust The Process.

Work at the Flix was a bit “slow.” And by...

Day 1,909: The Grind

I busted through this week’s new Film School podcast in like 45 minutes today! What a difference prepping this podcast as opposed to Two Guys One Trek!

TG1T is edited down, and contains a lot of different outside clips I have to pull together to get it all polished and interesting and uptempo. Each episode of that podcast takes me a legit 5-6 hours to produce, and that’s AFTER recording it.

Not Film School. Film school is a bit more raw, and simultaneously less planned and strict, and MORE pl...

Day 1,908: Day Eight

Working through the weekend!

It’s been a while since I’ve worked straight through a weekend. Is it weird that it’s always a little bit…thrilling. Like, it feels kinda hard core, and sh*t’s getting done, so it’s a little…cool?

I was able to pretty easily get my work done today. It did take me all day, right up to 5pm, but I did it. Next week, I have a feeling, is going to be a bit rough. But, it’s also the end of this project I’m working on, beyond making some tweaks and fixing some notes. So,...

Day 1,907: It worked

Y’all…it worked. Going to bed early and getting a full 8 hours of sleep WORKED last night. I wasn’t tired today at all. Praise baby g.

Writing was still tough. It’s going to be for a little while, I think. Hopefully not. But, that wouldn’t surprise me. I haven’t been writing new words for almost 3 months. It’s bound to happen that way. The editorial brain is very different than the writing brain.

Work is back to smooth. I’m completely confident now that I can finish this project on time. I se...

Day 1,906: Early to Bed

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

That’s a phrase my dad used to tell me a lot. I just looked it up. It’s attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Now, granted, that was a two-second google search, and there are many things attributed to Franklin that he never actually said…but that’s neither here nor there.

I’m in bed early tonight.

I am wiped the fuck out. This week has taken it out of me, mostly because work has been a bit more intense this week. I have a lot on...

Day 1,905: The Other Side

I have a lot of anxiety when it comes to my writing. News flash, I know

Day 1,904: Le Quick

Twill be a short one this eve because it was a late night.

Work was good today. Writing was…well, I felt rusty. BUT, and I genuine mean this: I came up with some really good stuff today. I remember feeling very anxious while writing, but much different about it once I was done. It was a solid writing day. I just need to find my new rhythm again, that’s all.

Came home without doing a second writing sesh because Josh and I were recording tonight. We were guests on Mission Log Live, which is a l...