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Day 3,578: Striking Distance

A very, very long day today. Whew. Work was hectic, and it totally prevented me from getting any writing done in the morning. Now, usually, that means absolute disaster, but you guys: I rallied! I didn’t take no for an answer, and I still cranked out 16 pages. Means I’m a bit behind, by like 7 pages on the week, but I should be set up for a full day tomorrow, and then I can make that shit up on Friday morning.

Now: sleep. Night night.

Day 3,577: Too Shy

Man. I came up two pages shy of 20 for the day. Blerg. I wonder if I can make that up tomorrow. Probably not, but that’s okay. Two pages is NOTHING, which is why its a litttllllee annoying that I can’t just push through and get them done tonight, but y’all: I am FRIED. Still got it for tomorrow and the rest of the week, but fried tonight. I mishandled my time ever so slightly this afternoon after a very strong morning session, and here I am, paying the price. Needed to get my evening writing sta...

Day 3,576: Blue Skies

We survived the hurriquake. Was definitely not a hurricane by the time Hillary hit LA, but it did actually dump quite a bit of rain on us. Almost five inches in my neighborhood, apparently. That’s a lot for a single day down here. I will say this, though: it was spread out. Didn’t come all at once, it was just really steady for like eight hours or so. Our roof leaks weren’t too bad, and there was no wind, really, which helped big time.

Very mild! Thankfully.

As was the earthquake here. Yes...

Day 3,575: It Wet

So, it’s very wet in LA right now. Not very windy here, though, thank the stars. Joy absolutely REFUSED to go poop in the rain, so that’ll be a fun adventure tonight.

Mainly, though…I did what I needed to do writing-wise. 80 pages this week. A colossal achievement, it feels like to me. The story is moving along. We’re in the meat of it. Shit’s going down. It’s fun to write.

Now, sleep. Long day tomorrow. Long week ahead. Several more long weeks, in fact, to get this book out of me and into...

Day 3,574: Sleeeeeep

Tried to take a nap today but I wasn’t tired. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I’m definitely in the mode of fighting being TOO keyed up. Nice and steady, that’s what I want to be feeling. Not a rush.

Andor, by the way, holy shit. It’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long, long time. I felt some shit! I am ALL IN with those characters. It’s…astonishingly good. The best Star Wars in the last…42 years? Easily. It’s not even close.

Wow.

Night.

Day 3,573: Blackmail

It’s late so making this a quick one folks.

Finished up a busy work week with a much more chill day. Didn’t do any writing, but I have the weekend to get that shit done.

A damn hurricane is coming. Sunday. Yikes.

We watched Hitch’s first “talkie” and…it was a giant step forward for him as a director. Wild.

Night night.

Day 3,572: Ample

Yo. I’ve done it. 20 pages written for two straight days. That’s three out of my four writing days this week, and the one day I didn’t hit my goal, I wrote 15 pages that day. Busy work day.

I. Am. FRIED. Absolutely fried. Crispy. Delirious. Totally zonked. I have a TON of pages to read and catch up on this weekend, but only five pages to write as make-up. Fuckin cake, man. I’ll have hit my 80-page goal for the week easily. Well, not easily, but I did it. I’m wiped, but I have the next three d...

Day 3,571: whew

It’s a long, looonngggg day writing 20 pages, man. Takes it out of me. Which, I suppose is to say that I’m still getting used to it.

It’s five hours of work. A solid five so as not to be rushing. If I try to rush, try to push, I start forcing things and that takes me out of it. But, I have to say I haven’t been falling into the trap, lately. I feel a bit like a zombie and out of it in between writing sprints, but that’s because I give myself enough time to stress out and wonder if I’m messing...

Day 3,570: Rally

I rallied. Just at the end. Didn’t quite hit my page goal, but I got within an hour or so of it.

It’s been a busy couple weeks, y’all. Good lord. But somehow, I’m a third of the way through my story and speeding up. I’ve persevered. 50,000 words, 200 pages, and counting. I should get to 240 by the end of the week…320 the week after, and then I’ll be kinda downhill from there. Momentum, meaning. The end will start coming into view. I expect the book to be around 500 pages, so there’s a ways to...

Day 3,569: Bam

Wooo weee. I was THIS close to missing my page target for the day, but I pulled out a clutch writing session here at the very end to juuuust hit it. A fun section to write, I just went through, too. Lots of WORDS, because it was action and not dialogue, but a fun one. Scary assassin stuff.

Solid day. Hit my page count. Got some work done with more to do. Interviewing candidates for a job at the writer conference in November; gonna get that squared away.

A solid Monday. Need to do it again...