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Day 3,952: Sleepy Day

Had a very chill, very sleepy day today, which was exactly what I needed. And now, it’s bed time already, so this is going to be another super short entry…but we’re back on the grind tomorrow. Got a book to finish 🙂

Day 3,951: Window

Y’all…Rear Window is *so* *good*. It’s kinda wild, actually, watching all of Hitch’s movies in sequence, seeing all his ups and downs, and bam, hitting this one and it’s an instant classic, instantly better than anything else he’s ever done. Doubly exciting, too, knowing that there’s more yet to come, this is only the first of his masterpieces.

It’s late, so I’m going to keep the blog entry short tonight, but it was a really, really good day. Got all my work done, both writing and for Netflix...

Day 3,950: Walz

Hit a little wall today. Not to worry, I’m back at it tomorrow! I just…needed a chill evening. Did too much today and yesterday that was extra. Sigh. But I have the weekend free, I have next week…the book should be done by then. Plus about another week for some rewrites. Minor stuff, there.

I think that’s all I’ve got for you tonight. Night night.

Day 3,949: Anything

I managed to get both reading/editing done and all my pages today. That was a first. It…man, it takes a lot out of me, but it is doable. And it will get easier the more I do it. I know this.

Been thinking a lot the past few days about what is actually feasible for me to get done in a years’ time. I think four books might be in reach. Maybe it’s three. We’ll see how much I can trim down the time that it takes to outline one of these babies. That’s the real time investment, I’ve realized, and i...

Day 3,948: Silky

I love my kitties. I take care of…six of them. They’re all “community cats,” which is to say that they’re feral. None of them were socialized at all when I first met them, but they’ve come around to me since then. Snacks, an orange tabby, has become the most friendly, and I think that’s mostly because I was able to handle him when he was still a kitten. Still, it’s only been the last few months where he’s really wanted to spend time with me. He rubs up against me now and wants to get pats most o...

Day 3,947: Settled

Gonna make this one quick because it’s already sleepy time but…good Monday. Started on the home stretch for the book. My fifth. That’s pretty wild, y’all. I have soooo faaaarrr to go in terms of truly being an author, but I can say I’ve finished five books. Fourth in the series, which is an education in and of itself, sticking with characters for that long, seeing how they grow, evolve, how the plot also grows and evolves, how to keep things interesting. My first time doing it, obviously, so I’m...

Day 3,946: Killa Klay

Whew. Had a good day off today. Got my two pages of catchup done that I needed to because of unscheduled snoozing on Friday, and got to watch Wrexham get a draw from a good League One team, a team they expect to be fighting for at the top, took a badass nap, helped Liz with an audition, watched the rest of Alien with her, walked pups, started the most recent season of Hard Knocks…and now bed.

Night night!

Day 3,945: Stinky Butt

So, Joy had a stinky butt tonight, but not in the farty way, in the fishy gland way, lol. She gets like that, we’ve realized. Every so often, she needs it to be expressed. Well, we did that for her tonight, then gave her a quick little bath, and now she’s all good. So glad you read all that, aren’t you? Ha!

Thought I was going to go see a screening of Star Trek II today…but it turns out it’s for August 31st. Doh! I don’t know how I missed that. Genuinely. Something odd happened that put in my...

Day 3,944: Oh Hai

Three hundred pages. Almost. I actually was slightly short, 298 pages because I accidentally fell asleep during the meditation before my last writing session. That hasn’t happened in FOREVER. I guess I was tired. Busy busy week, it makes sense. But I only got about twenty minutes of writing time before heading over to Josh’s for podcasting. But I made it count. Page and a half is what I need to find over the weekend, that’s it. Nothin’. Then back at it on Monday to finish this baby off. Woohoo!

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Day 3,943: That Hill

Whew. Busy, busy day. As I knew it would be. But I did it! Got allllmost everything done. Should be good by tomorrow. And I’ll hit 300 pages on the manuscript, which will be a major milestone. Almost into act three, ie- the final showdown. Should be about 100 pages to go after that, which means this book might end up clocking in the same length as the others in the series, lol. I’m good with that if it happens, though, because this one gets into it nice a proper quick.

Wiped, tho. Getting clo...