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Day 3,916: Forum Days

We had a lovely evening, Liz and I tonight. We ate food, drank wine, munched on a couple small fruit tarts from Porto’s…and watched Air Force One, which HOLDS UP. Pretty much. It’s great. Harrison Ford is great in it. I remember watching that movie in theaters and realizing a little way in that I was in over my head in terms of how tense it was going to be. I almost couldn’t handle it. Aw, baby Ira. Sweet sweet baby Ira. But I loved it.

Work was a little busier than I expected, but nothing I ...

Day 3,915: Stage!

Late, so this is a quick one tonight, but…we hit 100 pages on the manuscript today, podcasted with Josh, got all my Netflix work done…

A good day. Night night!

Day 3,914: Peer

Our plum tree is ripening right now. Last year was the first year it actually bore fruit, and they weren’t very good. Kind of tasteless. But this year, already I can tell they’re going to be much better. I wonder if it’s because the tree is just maturing into an adult, or if it’s because the weather is slightly different this year—it seems to be hot right now as its ripening, whereas I don’t think that was the case last year—or if it has to do with how we trimmed it down this spring so it’s less...

Day 3,913: Steady Now

We’re watching The Hunt for Red October, and while Alec Baldwin is…fine in it, but coming off Harrison Ford playing the same character, we both much prefer Harrison, obviously…it is sooooo goooood. The movie is SO good. I get why Tom Clancy was such a sensation. What a fun tale. What a world to suck us into, with insanely high stakes and—fictionalized, certainly—real-world intrigue.

That’s what sets stories like that apart for me, I’m realizing tonight as I sit here: when someone can pull you...

Day 3,912: Romans

First day today where I haven’t hit the pages, but there’s a couple reasons for that: one, I had to spend one of my hours this morning brainstorming a scene that wasn’t quite ready when it came down to it, and that set me irrevocably behind on the day, because two: it was a busy ass day. Work was busy, and we went to Costco. Just those two things alone were enough to sink me.

But…it’s okay. It was bound to happen. Back tomorrow with another ten pages!

Night night.

Day 3,911: On More

Seven pages is what I got through today, the first day I haven’t quite hit ten…but that’s okay. Still close enough to just make it up tomorrow.

Took a nice nap. Got enough rest this weekend tonight, I hope. I think I did. I could push through right now and get those last three pages done, but I want to get to sleep on time, and I know that adding on a little bit tomorrow to finish those extra three isn’t a deal breaker. I can do it.

Hung out with Alex and Nicole. We played with the kitties...

Day 3,910: Close!

Almost forgot to write this one. Already have my head on my pillow and lights out. But my phone is here to save me.

Got my pages done—Glory 4 is at 60 of them. Almost through act one.

Saw Longlegs with Liz and Jared. It was fine. Not great, but still a ton of fun.

Took a nap.

Now…sleeeeep.

Day 3,909: Gaze

It late. Podcasted for the first time in a couple weeks because of all that traaaavel. It was so nice to get back in that groove, get back to the Hitchcock. We’re almost to the 50s! Wild. Movie wasn’t that great, but that’s okay. We still had fun. And still great to break down and figure out why certain things worked and others didn’t.

Writing was good today. I need to remember for tomorrow a little rewrite that Drake needs to try and go to sleep, but his mind is spinning with everything he n...

Day 3,908: Patriot Games

We finished Patriot Games tonight, and man…that movie is way better than I remember it being when I watched it as a teenager. It slaps. Ford is great in it, the finale is great, all the twists and turns are great. It’s super duper solid. Four stars, I say! Four stars out of five.

Doing our summer movie watch has been really, really fun. We might be taking a Harrison Ford pivot and actually watching through all the Jack Ryan movies next. We’ll see. We have Clear and Present Danger up next. A l...

Day 3,907: Thirty!

The manuscript sits at thirty pages tonight. Okay, technically it sits at 29…but close enough. Close enough to make up tomorrow no sweat. Proud of myself. I’ve just kinda slipped right into it. The flow is good already. Stuff is happening. Meeting new characters. Stakes being established. Scenes are dynamic. Wrote one that I really enjoyed this morning. In the middle of another one that’s gonna be a banger. It’s. good. stuff.

Otherwise…time for bed. Work was slow today, blessedly. I’ve been ...