THE DAY<\/p>\n
As so often happens after a huge push, I’m drained the next day. \u00a0What I’ve written percolates in my head, though, and I almost always revisit the previous day’s work, if only to remind myself what’s going on. \u00a0It’s as if I need to read the last couple of pages to get a running start again.<\/p>\n
So, anyway, I was just beat on Saturday. \u00a0I don’t think it helps that I never sleep all that well with the husband gone. \u00a0Actually, I do okay for a day or so, but then it gets tough. \u00a0So Saturday was a little torturous, one of those days when I’m thinking,\u00a0oh, take a break; you’ve earned it.<\/em><\/p>\n Of course, I work through it. \u00a0Not terrifically efficiently but enough to rethink things that have come before, know where to put information to set up what comes later. \u00a0So I worked all day, went to the gym, got back home in time to make dinner for the husband who reappeared last night. \u00a0We had our Friday Cocktail then, a decent dinner. \u00a0And then sleep.<\/p>\n Today was better. I still had to revise a ton and put in several pages with information I hadn’t had before, but that’s okay. \u00a0Telling a story is all about parsing out information and balancing how much you show with how much you tell.<\/p>\n Tomorrow, a new section, new character. \u00a0:<P \u00a0Make sure I get his voice right.<\/p>\n I also need to find a new title.<\/p>\n WRITING OUT LOUD Day 1: 1000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 23-26: 9450 Blog Post: 600 Trump just gives me a headache when he isn’t scaring me to death. \u00a0I really worry that he’s got a very good chance, especially if Dems go for a Green party candidate or the Independents. \u00a0I still remember the shambles Nader made. \u00a0Some commentators are making the calculus that Trump shares qualities with Reagan. \u00a0Well, that would be no. \u00a0Yes, it’s true that Reagan actually knew very little, but he was temperamentally Trump’s polar opposite. \u00a0Look, I don’t think that any president can know everything, but a president should at least know\u00a0something<\/em>. \u00a0Trump’s ignorance is breathtaking.<\/p>\n My worry? \u00a0Neither candidate gets a majority and then it goes to the House, where the Republicans will be happy to take us all down with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE DAY As so often happens after a huge push, I’m drained the next day. \u00a0What I’ve written percolates in my head, though, and I almost always revisit the previous day’s work, if only to remind myself what’s going on….<\/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-3978","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\/3978","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=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3979,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nStay\u00a0Dead (started 5\/05; Days 1-4, false start)<\/p>\n
\nDay 2: 1200 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 27: (novella) 2000
\nDay 3: 1800 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 28: 2500
\nDay 4: 1350 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 29-32: 8850
\nDay 5: 1000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 33: 3400
\nDay 6: 2000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0LONDON HIATUS (13 days)
\nDay 7-10: ~4500 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Day 34: 3000
\nDay 11-12: ~5000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 35-39: 9,800
\nDay 13: 1600 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 40-43: 10,500
\nDay 14: 2300 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 44: 2000
\nDay 15-17: 4450 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Day 45-47: 6000
\nDay 18-19: 4500 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 48: 4000
\nDay 20-22: 5220 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Day 49-50: 3500<\/p>\n
\n***
\nWhat I’m Watching:
\nAll caught up on\u00a0The Last Ship. \u00a0<\/em> I had despaired, but it’s finding its groove. I would so very much love the Sasha character to disappear, though. \u00a0She’s just irritating.
\nAlso watched another episode of\u00a0The Americans\u00a0<\/em>with the husband. \u00a0He’s quite taken with the show.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Reading:
\nWell, got bored with\u00a0Firestarter. \u00a0<\/em>I’ll try out\u00a0The Dead Zone<\/em>, but I’m not hopeful. \u00a0I might not be in the mood. \u00a0Maybe a good mystery–something not at all similar to what I’m doing–would be better.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Listening to:
\nCertainly the news out of Turkey and then more blather about Trump. \u00a0Turkey. . . you know, it’s a fairly young democracy with a very long history of autocracy and dictatorships. \u00a0I can kind of understand why the EU’s not keen on letting Turkey in. \u00a0I mean, can you imagine this happening in Belgium, the Netherlands, France? \u00a0No, neither can I. \u00a0The Turkish government just isn’t that stable, and Erdogan is very happy to play the bully if he needs to. \u00a0(Purging the military? \u00a0I understand…but a purge? \u00a0Saddam Hussein did that. \u00a0Gaddafi, Mubarak . . . strongmen purge.)<\/p>\n