Other than work.<\/p>\n
THE DAY<\/p>\n
You know, I\u00a0always\u00a0<\/em>have a tough time getting started again after time away, even if that time’s spent\u00a0thinking\u00a0<\/em>about writing. \u00a0Or it might just be that what I think of as being good just doesn’t read very well once it’s on the screen.<\/p>\n Anyway, I wrestled with the writing virtually all day until I\u00a0finally\u00a0<\/em>found the right tone (and, yes, predictable when I get up and go exercise; you would think I would learn to walk out the stories the way Dickens did). \u00a0So once I found the tone yesterday, it got easier to work today, and I worked pretty steadily, though there were breaks to deal with the cats (groomer came by and put very nice green toe caps on Timmy; Winnie’s claws were like miniature scimitars) and then another, longer break to run errands and go to the gym. \u00a0Back home, and then instead of emptying the dishwasher and puttering and\u00a0packing\u00a0<\/em>because I’m headed off to Boston for the rest of the week (bluh; do not want to go but it’s one of those obligation things that I just dread and hate\u00a0<\/em>not getting any work done, though I’ll bring the computer because maybe I’ll be able to do something<\/em>), I sat down to write some–and just finished the chapter I’d started yesterday.<\/p>\n So that was good.<\/p>\n I think the going off the rails will be fine. Weird, but . . .\u00a0nu<\/em>, we’re talking one of my books here. \u00a0What’s better is that I’m still interested. This is key.<\/p>\n WRITING OUT LOUD Day 1: 1000 Blog Post: 400 Other than work. THE DAY You know, I\u00a0always\u00a0have a tough time getting started again after time away, even if that time’s spent\u00a0thinking\u00a0about writing. \u00a0Or it might just be that what I think of as being good just doesn’t read very…<\/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-3941","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\/3941","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=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3942,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nStay\u00a0Dead\u00a0(started 5\/05; Days 1-4, false start)<\/p>\n
\nDay 2: 1200
\nDay 3: 1800
\nDay 4: 1350
\nDay 5: 1000
\nDay 6: 2000
\nDay 7-10: ~4500
\nDay 11-12: ~5000
\nDay 13: 1600
\nDay 14: 2300
\nDay 15-17: 4450
\nDay 18-19: 4500<\/p>\n
\n***
\nWhat I’m Watching:
\n99 Homes<\/em>, and it wasn’t bad. \u00a0It kept me entertained enough during the workout. \u00a0Also began\u00a0A Single Shot\u00a0<\/em>and then pitched that halfway through; I’d have done it sooner, but I had nothing else downloaded. \u00a0Started\u00a0Pawn Sacrifice<\/em>, and it is a\u00a0very\u00a0<\/em>entertaining movie. \u00a0I’ve downloaded several others, though I doubt I’ll be watching anything for the next few days.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Reading:
\nAstonishingly,\u00a0Flowers in the Attic. \u00a0<\/em>I have never read this. \u00a0I don’t know if I’ll bring it along or not; got the trade paperback, so it’s a little large, but we’ll see.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Listening to:
\nAarrgghh!<\/em> \u00a0I must find\u00a0something<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"