“Darkness”
Kids away two nights;
restful sleep without white glare;
baby monitor.
Steve D
Tag: sleep
Haiku Sunday – Tap
“Tap”
Approaching the line
to a different state. Tap out.
Before it’s too late.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday – Daylight
“Daylight”
Sun crests earlier,
greeted by excited smiles.
Please go back to bed.
Steve D
Haiku Wednesday – Tired
“Tired”
Thoughts ramble, wander,
entire body like jello.
I just need some sleep.
Steve D
September Write Day: Decisions, Decisions
August was yet another slow month on the writing front, but I feel like a lot happened this month. I was in Chicago for two days, which seems like several months ago, and we traveled basically every other weekend we had.
Still, I came to some interesting / pertinent decisions regarding my authorly life. Continue reading “September Write Day: Decisions, Decisions”
August Write Day: Trying to Get over the Wall
July flew by. We were out of town a couple of weekends, and I went to Chicago for about 36 hours for work. It seems like that type of quick business trip for conferences and such will be a new normal for me. I’m going back to Chicago next week for not very long.
I’m not against it. It just means I need to take those trips into consideration when I’m thinking about my writing goals. Writing while traveling is hard. Writing on business trips and basically being “on” for work for the duration of the trip is nigh impossible.
So, July was a good writing month, but not a great one. Continue reading “August Write Day: Trying to Get over the Wall”
Haiku Sunday – Sludge
“Sludge”
Reality blurs,
muscles strain against quicksand,
trying to break free.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday – Imprints
“Imprints”
The waking world stirs.
Light and sound shift and shudder–
Imprints on my dreams.
Steve D
Friday Write-Day: Sleep is for Sane People
I left work at 4:30 yesterday because I was just too tired to deal with anything. I almost couldn’t deal with the awful commute home, but I made it.
And I promptly took a two-hour nap. Dad Life is tiring.
Continue reading “Friday Write-Day: Sleep is for Sane People”Friday Publishing-Day: Final Edits!
My read-through of Manuscript: Charlie is complete. 134,502 words read and marked in one week.
I honestly was not sure I could complete it at all, but I did! And now I have the entire weekend to implement some edits. Continue reading “Friday Publishing-Day: Final Edits!”
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