Nuance. I need to write a long essay on nuance, how we as a culture/society have lost it, and how that loss is responsible for so much of what is being called the "culture" war. This tocic illusion that there are two sides to an issue and only two sides, that people come in "good" and "evil", like characters bad fantasy novels. Attempting to ( Read more... )

Very hot today. Our high was 93.9F, with a heat index of 102F. We have a heat advisory that extends through the night and tomorrow ( Read more... )

Sunny mostly today, overcast now. Our high was 84.9F, heat index a more honest 85F.

I might have slept three full hours. This has GOT to fucking stop. This month, I have a novella to write and the morphology section of a mosasaur paper to write, and people are waiting on me, and I cannot fail. So, this not sleeping HAS TO STOP.Please ( Read more... )

A sunny day, somewhat breezy. Our high was 75F.

Not a wasted day, not entirely. I was up at seven and made some progress with the story notes for Bright Dead Star.

Last night, we finished Season Three of Slow Horses, and it was the most satisfying season yet ( Read more... )

Mostly sunny today. Our high was 68F.

Though I didn't sleep much, I was slightly more productive that yesterday. I figured out my schedule for the next few months, based on mt conversation with Bill Schafer yesterday: finish up Bright Dead Star (intro + story notes), get the digest caught up through January 2024, write the sequel to Living a Boy's ( Read more... )

Our last sunny, warm day before Indian summer comes crashing down in days of rain and chilly weather. So, I will leave the window open tonight as long as possible. Our high was 80F, which, to me, is pretty much the perfect temmperature ( Read more... )

Sunny today. A rematkable high of 81F!

Last night, rather than going to bed like a same human being, I dragged my exausted meat bag to this desk and tried to write the fifth interlude for The Night Watchers. I managed two paragraphs that will have to be rewritten, the gave up about 11:30 p.m., when I realized I was just too fried to work. I laid ( Read more... )

Sunny today. A high of 77F.

I woke last night at 1 a.m., watched a movie, and when it was done I got up and wrote on The Night Watchers until 4 a.m. I did 1,265 words and finished "interlude four." Then I went to bed and slept until 6:44 a.m., when I got up and edited what I'd written. This is a very strange way to be a writer, but it seems to be ( Read more... )

Cool today. Sunny, though. Our high was 70F. I'm missing summer already.

The past few days I have written so many words here, and I think I need a break from that. I'll make this short. I haven't been giving myself many breaks lately. There's far too much work and far too little time ( Read more... )

I might be too tired for an entry. This has been one of the most exhausting days of my life. That I am hardly sleeping does not help ( Read more... )