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Day 1,713: Toe Beans

I’m sitting here in front of my keyboard right now, hand on my chin, trying to figure out how to ‘package’ my day today…and coming up short.

It was a weird day. I was pretty chilled out and happy for part of it, and rather anxious and restless for another part of it, and kind of in between those two for another part of it. It was just…an odd one.

There was no particular reason for the anxiety, and I would even classify it as acute, or even ‘floating’…but, it did prevent me from napping.

And,...

Day 1,712: Quicker

Quick entry tonight! It’s after 1am.

It was 113° today, and it’s going to be 100° tomorrow. Uuuugggghhhhh.

I got 3,000 words written, which I was very happy with. All. Most. Done.

Hung out with Ker-bear and Jessie. We just played Mariokart for a while together. Sooo ffuuunnn.

We went and saw Ant-Man & Wasp. It was competent and enjoyable

Day 1,711: Potter Bowl!

I wrote just over 2,000 words today, and I edited/placed in several more scenes I’d already written…and called it a good day. I’m happy with my day.

THEN…we went to the Hollywood Bowl with Dayner and Twan, and we watched Harry Potter to the live orchestrations of the LA Philharmonic. It was SO FUN!

They’re, sadly, leaving town in a few weeks and we are really going to miss them. Antoine is going to law school out in Phoenix, and Dayna is going with him. We didn’t take advantage enough of them...

Day 1,710: America is a year older

America is a year older.

I love my country, in turmoil as it is. Happy Birthday.

I wrote 2,000 words today on my “off” day. I was very, very happy with that. Tomorrow, my goal is 4,000, and then another 4,000 after that. Wish me luck. Not so much in hitting 8,000 words over the next two days; more so in that I’ll be at the end or close to it after that many words. Please, let it be so.

But, it’s okay even if not. The story must be written until it is over. It should never be rushed, or drawn...

Day 1,709: Blazes

Today was an excellent work day. I wrote 4,000 words (about 16 pages). They were good words, too. The scenes today flowed really, really well. My bad guy is a baaaadddd dude. It’s fun to write.

That is pretty much all I did today, except watch the baseball game sandwiched around taking the pups for a walk and eating dinner. That was nice. I got enough writing done beforehand to do that completely guilt-free.

This A’s team is one I don’t feel like I’ve written about all that much, but holy mol...

Day 1,708: Happy Birthday, Brother

Today would have been my brother’s 29th birthday. Happy Birthday, Russell! I miss you more than anything else in my life, and I love you. I found myself thinking about you a lot today, and the rest of my family. Love you all, too.

Today…was also totally and completely hijacked! Uuuughhh. But…I just had a little mini writing session wherein I put down my best thoughts from the day while I was away from my keyboard and not able to write…and it produced a nearly perfect scene. It’s a scene that...

Day 1,707: Sunday

I feel refreshed.

Part of that is the dope ass shower I just took (so fresh and so clean!)…but part of it is also how much crap I got done today.

The house was dirty. I cleaned it. The laundry needed folding. I folded it. Newsletters needed writing. I wrote them. It was one of those Sundays where I prepped myself for a good week. I haven’t had one in a long time.

Sundays, for the longest time, were my favorite days. I used them like I used today: to get ready for a badass week of work.

I fell...

Day 1,706: Next Week…

I think I can have my book finished next week. Like, actually, for reals finished. I’ll have to buckle down real hard and stay focused, but it’s actually doable.

Exciting!

Scary!

I’m ready for it, honestly. Ready to be finished with this phase, and moving onto the next phase of fixing and polishing.

New product in the Ho-Heinichen household: Oxy-clean. That shit works! We have this white blanket we’ve had for YEARS now, and it’s what the pups sleep on, and it has become…decidedly less than wh...

Day 1,705: 3K Day

I had another 3,000-word day. The book, it grows.

It’s at 142,000 words, which is long enough now for an epic fantasy. It’s not going to stay that long. It’s going to either be pared down, or it’s going to be split into two novels. Leaning towards the second option there.

See…this week was rough, because I’m almost done with this first draft of the book, FINALLY…and I’m realizing still how many problems the book has. It’s going to be *a lot* of work to fix those problems, and that’s daunting....

Day 1,704: Feeling it again…

I’m “feeling” it again…

A connection to the end part of this story. It all started with the little breakthrough yesterday, a character moment that opened up this otherwise “shoe leather” scene, where I basically needed to explain what was happening. But, thanks to this particular character, the scene is alive now.

I wrote just shy of 2,000 words today, which is definitely not 4,000…but that’s okay. I’m going to hit that mark tomorrow. I’ve sketched out where I need to go for this last section...