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Day 4,263: Triple Agent

Whew. Flamed out today. Man was I tired. Couldn’t do my second writing session. Too wiped.

So…getting to bed early tonight. Nothing a good night’s sleep and a focused, intentional day tomorrow can’t fix.

Deuces.

Day 4,262: The Night

It’s funny. I got The Night Agent and The Night Manager mixed up completely. Lol. They are not remotely the same thing. Though both are, apparently, going to get a season 3.

I finished The Spy Who Came In From The Cold yesterday. It was really, really, really good. The dude’s third novel. And he was actually still working for MI6 at the time, running agents and operations. Pretty wild. I think just how good of a writer he was (is, but I mean all the way back then) is the most remarkable thing...

Day 4,261: Coopey’s Back

My boy is home! Oh goodness I really really missed Cooper. So, he was away at our friends’ house because we were watching Sunny for the last couple weeks, and Sunny is a big dog. Cooper doesn’t get along with big dogs. Joy does. So, Cooper went to go stay with Stephen and Thida (and Tommen), and Joy got to stay home and hang out with Sunny. They had a GREAT time together. And Cooper, by all accounts, had a GEAT time over at Stephen and Thida’s. But it is soooooo gooooood to have him home. Missed...

Day 4,260: Titular

My book manuscript is juuuuust about halfway there. Pretty wild considering I don’t think I’d even started writing my last book until around July 1st last year. So…progress. Not all the way where I want to be, but progress.

Had a really really really productive week. Feels good. I’m absolutely wiped, but it feels good. Gonna get some rest this weekend! So so looking forward to it.

Night night.

Day 4,259: Big Yawn

I’ve written a lot of pages this week. Whew! Six more to go tomorrow, and it’ll be a perfect week. Happy with that. Do it three (four?) more times, and I’ll have the book written, which is pretty crazy. Almost halfway there. And the earliest time ever. Pretty wild.

I am wiped, though. And writing this many pages for such a sustained period isn’t my favorite thing to do. I like to take my time more. Not to say I’m not enjoying myself. I am. I always enjoy drafting, truly. It gets me out of bed...

Day 4,258: Backup Water Bottle

Joy going ham underneath the covers right now. Just. Going. Ham.

Got my shit done today! It was soooo touch and go at the end there, but I just sat in my chair until I finally felt like doing it. And it worked. Another twelve-page day tomorrow, and then I have a nice half day on Friday…and two full days off. It’s a good schedule. Tiring, for sure, but a good schedule. And I avoided the ‘pushing’ today, too. The groove was good. Floating.

That’s all I got tonight, babies. Tired. Satisfied. ...

Day 4,257: One Eight Four

A little zonked tonight. Whew. I got my pages done, but it was a blur at the end. Too fast, I think. The kind of writing session where my brain goes faster than I can actually think. A good thing in certain circumstances, but not always the best thing when I’m writing? I think? I don’t know, people talk about flow state…but this wasn’t quite that. This was pushing, you know? The pocket isn’t a push. It’s flow. It’s floating. Floating is not a push.

So…anyway, that kinda zonked me. Happy I got...

Day 4,256: Neutral

Boom! Great writing day. Right on schedule. Whew.

This book is fun. Genuinely. I cooked up some stuff that’s just plain fun to write, and usually that means it’s fun to read. Hopefully that will be the case again!

Work was…normal today, I’d say. By which I mean a bit of busy, and bit of chill in even measure. I got everything done. Wasn’t pressed for time or stressed. Just as I like it.

It is a complete day, though, doing the writing and doing the Netflix work. There’s not anything else...

Day 4,255: Dig

It wasn’t the writing day I thought it might be, but that turned out to be okay. I have my plan in place to get this book down. And I will stick with it. It’s a good plan. I also planned out all the other stuff I need to get done, which isn’t much count-wise, but is a bit much labor-wise. Not sure how I’ll get it all done…but I will.

The cooler weather is receding. Tomorrow is our last day of it, I think. It will be warmer and warmer from here on out, I wager. Which leaves behind my favorite ...

Day 4,254: Ramboard!

A day off. Like, legit off. Whew. It went by way too fast, but I got it. It’s what I very much needed. Tomorrow…back into the mines, baby. Got a book to finish. And you know what’s crazy? I don’t even have to go that hard with it. Truly. Ten pages a day during the work week. I can still take weekends off. It’s not my limit of what I can handle. Just need to buckle down and get ‘er done.

So. Yeah. That’s good.

Night night.