S4: Day 80 (1176)

Mar. 21st, 2026 06:13 pm
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Did some mental plotting and planning. It's gorgeous out today, so that was rejuvenating for my soul. I feel a bit more rested mentally. Going to start writing down some outlines and get these storylines in order of what I want to be creating. I will hopefully get a nice timeline for which projects will be finished when as well.

It's a planning day. The day I dream big and hopefully don't burn myself out by trying to meet these big dreams. The dream always feels far too big for me anyway, but I'd like to at least get closer to it, you know?



Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Accidentally On Purpose" audio. "The Drawing of Three" print.

S4: Day 79 (1175)

Mar. 20th, 2026 03:28 pm
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My days off have been good for me. I still feel a bit anxious about a few things, but overall, I'm calming down to the point of being able to write again. I'm going to give it a go this evening once everyone is settled in and home again. I'm due for some solid cat snuggles too.


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Accidentally On Purpose" audio. "The Drawing of Three" print.

S4: Day 78 (1174)

Mar. 19th, 2026 06:45 am
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I enjoyed my nothing day. I feel a little more mentally strong. A little. Today I am going to ease back into my projects. Not quite sure how, only that it will happen.


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Accidentally On Purpose" audio. "The Drawing of Three" print.

S4: Day 77 (1173)

Mar. 18th, 2026 07:00 am
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I did nothing yesterday. I'm okay with that.

Today might be one more day of that. I'm unsure. There are just certain things that need to happen before I can focus again. Today will be the last day of nothing for a while, though.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Accidentally On Purpose" audio. "The Drawing of Three" print.

S4: Day 76 (1172)

Mar. 17th, 2026 09:49 am
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I finished editing another book yesterday. Edits on it were minor. I'm sure there will always be many small things wrong with it, and I've made peace with that fact.

Today my head is all over the place, and it is hard for me to focus. I'm going to attempt to keep moving forward with my publishing goals. That might look like editing the next project. It might look like building a website. It might look like writing words. I'm not actually sure what's going to happen. But I am going to work.


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Drawing of Three" print.

S4: Day 75 (1171)

Mar. 16th, 2026 09:34 am
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I did a little bit of editing, and I did a lot of house cleaning.

Today I am dedicating to my books. It might be more editing. It might be taking notes. It might be writing new words. It might be a combination of many things. But I am doing something with them all day. The end.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Drawing of Three" print.

S4: Day 74 (1170)

Mar. 15th, 2026 09:49 am
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I'm stuck inside because of the snow. Outside of a few minor house chores, I can dedicate the bulk of my day to writing/editing. I'm pretty excited for this. I actually feel pretty motivated to work too. Hopefully this feeling lasts and doesn't get taken away by bored children.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Last One Left" print.
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[staff profile] mark posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance

Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

S4: Day 73 (1169)

Mar. 14th, 2026 01:45 pm
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I have done quite a bit of editing while I get my brain organized enough for writing. Today, I will get back to my WIP and it is going to feel great. I'm also taking notes about my book series, because the more I read the older books, the more I see all of the plot that accidentally got dropped.

So this is good for me! Very good! But man, do I have a lot of writing to go before this next draft is complete!

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Last One Left" print.

S4: Day 72 (1168)

Mar. 13th, 2026 06:09 pm
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I'm in editing mode for the time being. I've written some more, and I need to finish a chapter before I can get into deeper with the plot. I'm struggling with some of my characters and giving them more to do besides be a romantic interest. It'll come, I'm sure. I just haven't gotten to the grand reveal yet. It's part of the life of a pantser.

I'm mentally pretty tired, though, so it's pretty hard to write. Hopefully tomorrow will be a big day, and Sunday.


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Last One Left" print.

S4: Day 71 (1167)

Mar. 12th, 2026 06:30 am
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I wrote something. Not a lot, but something, and I have to hold onto that win.

Feeling less motivated today, and that's a problem. I'm going to take today one step at a time. I don't feel like I can come up with any viable plans at the moment. I'm very tired today. This might change in a few hours.



Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Last One Left" print.

S4: Day 70 (1166)

Mar. 11th, 2026 07:22 am
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Did a fair amount of writing yesterday. Not a ton, but not anything small either. Today, I am home from the day job with one of my kids for medical reasons. I'm hoping to use my time here wisely and make the most of the extra hours at home. The ideas are slowly coming. Slowly.


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Last One Left" print.

S4: Day 69 (1165)

Mar. 10th, 2026 07:18 am
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I did write some yesterday, but not as much as I'd been hoping. Today is another day, and I'm hoping to be more focused. I have a handful of things to try to help with the process. I know once I get going, it'll all flow out. It's just getting going!


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio. "The Last One Left" print.

S4: Day 68 (1164)

Mar. 9th, 2026 07:08 am
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I wrote about 1.5k. So halfway to my goal. It's not a huge deal, though I am mildly disappointed with myself. The family did their usual thing of being extra distracting. I guess I'm going to have to consider moving my desk space. I just hate moving from one table to another to another all of the time. I'd like to be able to camp in one area easily.

I'll do more experimenting with this over Spring Break. For now, I'm going to focus on what I can and test some other ideas out.


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio.

S4: Day 67 (1163)

Mar. 8th, 2026 11:00 am
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Today I'm going to write. That is the only thing I desire to accomplish. Everything else is a perk. Today I am writing three thousand words.

The end.

I am going to succeed.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "The Bright Sword" print. "Oathbringer" audio.

S4: Day 66 (1162)

Mar. 7th, 2026 10:53 am
jillysriser: (purple)
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Day off. Busy day with the family!


Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Vision Of Mana".
Reading: "The Witching Hour" audio. "Mr. Nice Spy" print. "Oathbringer" audio.
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