Had a tough time getting going this morning with writing. While I like "Jump in Time" a lot, it took a lot of energy and I didn't get enough rest over the weekend. This is a pacing issue. I'm going to shoot for short for a few days to try to recover.

Out for an early run today--the heat wave making it too hot to run later, even up here on the mountain--and the pieces of "Jump it Time" floated around my mind, tempting me. So, back to it today and not on the back burner as I thought yesterday. Stories have a way of doing that t...

Back to "Jump in Time," but this thing has taken on a life of it's own and is over 5,000 words with a ways to go. Lots more research and a much more complicated story that the other "In Time" stories. I'm not even sure if it's a short story anymore. Ack! This puts the streak at r...

Back to staring at the blank page this morning. I've done it many, many times now but it's always intimidating--and I think that's okay. The trick is to just find something, anything and start, reduce infinity down to something measurable. and go from there.

Back to the scifi story I started last night, this one has a good, solid title: "With Light Years Between Us." Made some progress early, but something wasn't right. Realized I was writing too distant and was not including my protagonist's complicated emotions. This uses a scifi c...