Wed. Oct. 11, 2022: Productive Writing Day
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Waning Moon
Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Jupiter, Uranus Retrograde
Partly sunny and cold
Yesterday wound up being an excellent creative day.
I did the social media rounds to promote the final Vella binge day, and also to promote the episode that dropped yesterday. I still can’t get into Ello. I’ve asked repeatedly for a password reset and nothing. I sent an email to support, and it bounced back. Since that’s a site with a high rate of engagement for me, I am concerned.
But, on a happier note, I wrote another episode of LEGERDEMAIN that stayed on track and also surprised me (in a good way).
Drafting these episodes takes me longer than some other stuff, because I have to stop and create clever names for things and places and people.
Then, I switched over to ANGEL HUNT. Chapter 6 was 5500 words (what was I thinking?) and adapted into 6 serial episodes, bringing me up to 36 episodes. I’ll need to adapt two chapters per week to get everything done by deadline. Since it’s a finite series, I want everything done ahead of time, so I can make sure it’s consistent.
After that, I did the next episode of VIXEN’S HOLLOW/THE CUNNING ONE. It’s pretty damn funny, if I say so myself.
I did some poking around on Substack to see how other authors do things, and there’s such a wide range. I’m getting a clearer idea of what I want and need for the platform. I sent in my email about setting things up a particular way for mix-and-match projects. We’ll see.
I switched over to script coverage in the late afternoon. Computer crashes complicated things. Turned around one, and got started on the second, but had to stop because my back and hip spasmed so much. Nothing helped. For a bit there, I wondered if I should go to urgent care. Then I remembered, yeah, a woman of a certain age arriving in pain from an unknown cause? No way that’s taken seriously.
I broke down and took the Canadian pain pills. I also spent about an hour and a half with a combination of the acupressure mat, the foam roller and the yoga blocks, working on my back, neck, and hips section by section until the tension released.
When I went to bed, a lovely full moon shone through the window.
Felt better when I woke up this morning, but sitting at the computer is causing spasms again. I can’t skip work, so I will have to find a way to stand or kneel or something. And take more breaks to stretch.
I have a lot to do, on the writing and script coverage fronts, so I better get going. The computer already “updated” so we’ll see how much worse it made everything.
Have a good one, and thanks for the wonderful support for LEGERDEMAIN!
