They just are.<\/p>\n
THE DAY<\/p>\n
One thing about beginnings: sometimes you don’t really find them until you’re well through the book or even at the end. \u00a0This has happened to me more than once. \u00a0(Actually, it happened with the novella I just finished.) \u00a0So I try not to stress too much, knowing that I will be revisiting the beginning of this book several times.<\/p>\n
Still doesn’t mean you don’t want to get it right the first time, though.<\/p>\n
Worked on the book most of the day, breaking off for various workmen-types. (Does it seem to you that’s ALL I do? \u00a0Well then, imagine what it’s like for me.) \u00a0The bat-guy was here; we found more guano at the side of the house, and I’d heard the bats during the weekend. \u00a0So we’re leaving the valve up a little bit longer just in case there’s anything still left in there. \u00a0The bat-guy was actually a little surprised that I haven’t seen bats wandering up the walls. \u00a0I know the image will make other folks shudder, but I think it would be kind of neat.<\/p>\n
Also talked to a contractor about a project.<\/p>\n
Mainly, though, I wrote and tried to make sense of where I was going.<\/p>\n
WRITING OUT LOUD<\/p>\n
New Novel (started 5\/05)<\/p>\n
Day 1: 1000
\nDay 2: 1200
\nDay 3: 1800<\/p>\n
Blog Post: 360 They just are. THE DAY One thing about beginnings: sometimes you don’t really find them until you’re well through the book or even at the end. \u00a0This has happened to me more than once. \u00a0(Actually, it happened with the novella…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3915,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nWhat I’m Reading:
\nFall for Anything<\/em> by Courtney Summers. \u00a0Not bad. \u00a0 A little thin on descriptive detail, but I tend to over-describe, so… I’d actually read this several years back, remembered being underwhelmed but wanted to give it another chance.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Watching:
\nMotive. \u00a0<\/em>How sad it only ran for four years (ended its run this year, though the episodes haven’t all aired here yet). \u00a0I was just getting into it, though I’ve still got Season 3, currently airing, to go. \u00a0Then I’ll move on to\u00a0Grace and Frankie<\/em>, a series I liked okay but didn’t just\u00a0adore<\/em>. \u00a0<shrug> It’s free, and those hours on the machines can be deadly.
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\nWhat I’m Listening to:
\nTinnitus. \u00a0Let me tell you: not fun. \u00a0Did you know that tinnitus drove William Shatner to think of suicide? \u00a0Obviously he didn’t, and neither will I, but I can relate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"