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Day 1,683: BETTER

Omg, you guys…I feel like a human again.

Yesterday was one of the oddest experiences of my life, and that is not hyperbole. I’m not one to suffer from migraines, thank you baby jesus, but what I had yesterday was close. I *think* I had a bad reaction to melatonin, and I ground my teeth so hard the night before last that I woke up with a maaaasssssive headache and feeling like I had lockjaw.

It was so bad, I couldn’t do anything yesterday (I still did write)…and I was so afraid it was going to...

Day 1,682: The Lost Day

So, this blog post never went up last night. I didn’t write it. It’s actually not the FIRST time it’s happened where I legitimately forgot to write the post…it’s the second, I think. But, this whole exercise of counting days really moved on from the “consecutive” or “unbroken” realm a long time ago.

So, why didn’t I post a blog last night? Yesterday was rooouuuggghhhhh. Ruff ruff.

I had the closest to a migraine yesterday I’ve ever had in my life, coupled with what felt like lock-jaw and slee...

Day 1,681: Tie Tie

Yo! I am tiiirreeeeeddd tonight. Going to bed EARLY

Day 1,680: Don’t Give Up. Ever.

I’m listening to music tonight that I put into a playlist at the beginning of the year, a really rough part of the year for me. I had failed. I’d set many goals, many deadlines for my writing, and I was missing them all. It was a horrible, vicious cycle of failure and it was crushing my spirit. I wouldn’t quite say that I was losing hope, but I was definitely feeling like I wasn’t equipped with the tools to figure out a solution.

I remember feeling so frustrated. It wasn’t that long ago, just...

Day 1,679: Circles

Sometimes, my brain runs in circles when it’s trying to figure out something story related. There are so many moving parts to a story, it can be so hard to fit them all together, which is why “simple” is king. The rub is that “simple” can be hard to come by sometimes.

I’m massaging and brainstorming this one particular story thread in this book that I can just feel isn’t there yet. It’s not engaging enough yet. It’s too static. Not enough dilemma and action yet. It’s also just not exciting en...

Day 1,678: Writerly

The writing was good today!

Twas a much more relaxing day for me today, for whatever reason. Not as up tight, or anxious. I just kind of enjoyed my day.

I wrote.

I did building work.

I watched some baseball, and the movie Cargo…which I’ll do a write up on tomorrow, I guess. I forgot to do that today

Day 1,677: Dayoff

Ahhhh.

I had the day “off” today, ie- I only wrote 1,000 words, and did work around the apartment building

2018 Movie #31: Speed Racer

I remember this movie being blasted when it first came out. I never saw it. And then I read these articles over the past couple weeks about how this movie has turned into a cult classic in the ten years after its release…and it’s streaming on Netflix. I had to check it out.

THE BLURB:

Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot stars. Sitting at the wheel of his Mach 5, he consistently deflates the competition. When Speed turns down an offer...

Day 1,676: Burnt

Burnt myself to a crisp today. Not in a sunburn or oven kind of way. In the “my mind is fried because I wrote so much” way.

I wrote 3,000 words. More than that, actually, almost 3,500 I think. It waaas shy of 4,000 words, which was my goal, but damn. I’ve written more in the past two days than I ever have. Ever. And, I am pretty wiped out. There may be some day in the not-to-distant future where I can do that many words three days in a row, but that day is not tomorrow.

Tomorrow…for the first...

Day 1,675: 4K Day

(huh – for whatever reason this didn’t post last night)

I had an excellent writing day today, which is good news if you read my post last night