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October 26, 2018
Day 1,823: The Switch
You know…there’s always a post-milestone malaise for me, at least emotionally.
See, I actually did work today. I got some outlining and brainstorming done for By Any Other Name, some good stuff…but no actual words on the page. Sigh. And, that’s the let-down, I think, of coming off the hard push to finish something–or at least finish a stage of something–there’s always a bit of fatigue, and a bit of letting the foot off the gas pedal.
I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I can’t go full-tilt all...
October 25, 2018
Day 1,822: All Building All The Time
Woof.
I spent the entire day today taking care of the building. It’s always more work when we have a vacancy to fill, and this time, we have TWO. One was an inch away from being filled today, and in the end, they backed out. It happens all the time 
Day 1,821: All Building All The Time
Woof.
I spent the entire day today taking care of the building. It’s always more work when we have a vacancy to fill, and this time, we have TWO. One was an inch away from being filled today, and in the end, they backed out. It happens all the time
October 24, 2018
Day 1,821: Torched
Writing a quick on tonight because I have to get eeaarrrlllyyyy 
October 23, 2018
Day 1,820: Journaling
It’s been a while since I talked about journaling, and why I’ve been doing it daily (and publicly) for almost five years now. But, I have a friend who’s just starting to journal, and it made me think about why I picked this habit up, and why I’ve stuck with it.
Journaling every day has two major draws for me right off the top of my head. The first is that it serves as a way for me to process my day: my emotions, the things I accomplished, what I failed at, and also looking forward to the next...
October 22, 2018
Day 1,1819: Another Mile Marker
Hit another mile marker on the road to “finished” today: I completed the rough draft of Starstuff 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Deja vu? Quite.
See, I’ve finished a rough draft of this particular story twice before. This is the third “rough draft.” And…it shall be the FINAL rough draft. Lol. “Final” rough draft…that sounds ridiculous. But it’s not! From here, I do a rewrite, and I do mean an actual rewrite. Not a reconstruction from the ground up.
That process is daunting for sure, but that’s not how...
October 21, 2018
Day 1,818: Half-Remembered Dream
I’m reading The Hero of a Thousand Faces right now.
It’s a book I was first exposed to in High School. I took an elective English class called Mythology, and my teacher talked a lot about the book, the collective unconscious, the “monomyth,” and the Hero’s Journey.
But I never actually read it.
Well, I’m reading it now, and I can see why it was such a firestorm. Not in a bad way, or controversial, but in how it took the storytelling community by storm. That way. It’s goooood shit. Like, the B...
October 20, 2018
Day 1,817: So. Close.
I am SO. CLOSE.
Two chapters away. Maybe three. The manuscript is at 98,000 words. It’s finally, finally coming together. Still work to do, for sure. This rewrite will be a beast, methinks…but it’s coming together. What needs to be fixed, and how, is getting clearer.
It’s a relief, to be honest. It’s taken me a long time to get here. And I’m not there yet. But, still…it feels nice. Hopefully tomorrow is the day.
This writing at night has been good. Or, evening, I guess. I dig it.
Damn. There...
October 19, 2018
Day 1,816: Better Day
First thought: what the balls is happening in this photo??? 
October 18, 2018
Day 1,815: Rough Day
Today was rough. Feeling rather trapped and hopeless…nothing to do with Liz and I; that is rock solid. Nothing to do with health, or family. Those are also rock solid.
Just feeling…I guess frustrated and exhausted. And like a failure.
I know I’m not. I realize that’s stress talking. Resistance. But all that got the better of me today, and the past few days.
I feel like I’m not fast enough. Or good enough. I feel like I’m behind. Too slow. Too poor. Too new.
Yeah. On those thooooose days.
My N...
