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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

700 words for Sun, and I have plans. (He would probably object to them, though.)

And then I wrote a difficult email, and that made me feel down for the rest of the day.

Silly old fears, really, but they still have a hold on me.

Tomorrow will be better, and I finally have an idea for new Zell covers that I find fascinating. We'll see what the cover designer says.



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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

1100 words for Sun today, and that was a bit of a surprise. I was pretty wiped after getting home today.

I also watched a webinar that'll help me promote my books better. I'm excited.

On the other hand, I didn't fiddle with my store today. Just had no brainspace left to handle DNS settings. It will happen, and soon, I'll be able to drop some links for you.

One more office day, and the week will be nearly over. That feels good.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

Wrote 600 words for Sun just now.

Also spent more time on my store, and all the Winds books are up there already. That makes me very happy. Hope to add the Pillars tomorrow (now that the system works, that is easy), and the Wolves will be next.

I'll share links soon, I'm just not quite ready yet. But I'm happy I finally have a way to sell directly to readers. Independence from tech bros is becoming more important.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

I wrote 400 words for Sun this morning, and that feels good. I'm finally getting them moving, even though Sun is still grumpy and driving himself deeper into misery, the idiot.

I spent some more hours setting up my store, connecting it to BookFunnel and setting up the first books.

It's definitely not ready to see the light yet, there's still much to fix, and I want at least all the Winds and Pillars up there before I share a link.


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2.18: Do you suffer for your art? Backaches, headaches, writers' cramps, etc.?

Well, I spend my days in front of a computer, and that isn't exactly healthy.

But I'm not in pain. I set up my desk, chair and computer so that I'm not. I use a keyboard tray to avoid getting carpal tunnel again. I have computer glasses.

I hope I can keep writing for many more years, without any major problems.

(But yeah, I do suffer emotionally.)


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

I managed 400 words for Sun, after pulling myself together.

"To Catch a Firefly" is truly a great story, definitely masterful story-telling. It's still resonating inside me.

I couldn't read another story after that, so I bought a non-fiction book (on Autism) and dove into that.

Didn't do much else today, and I'll go for an early bedtime. My mind is tired.



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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

Slow day, managed 400 words this morning. Ran my mastermind, got some admin stuff done and then basically crashed.

I'm making Sun stew on something that will blow up in his face, eventually. To a degree. That's fun to set up, but I still need to move them deeper into trouble.

Glad it's the weekend.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

Managed two writing sessions, one in the morning, one in the evening. Got another 1k words for Sun. I could get used to that.

Posted a little snippet on my Lemmy.

Not much else today. Survived the office, walked home in the rain (busses are on strike). Read a comfort book, took a nap.

It was a good day.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

No writing, but today was Newsletter Day, and that was more important.

Also read a comfort book, played a little and cooked a meal for myself. (With leftovers for tomorrow.) That is pretty good.

I'll go back to Sun tomorrow. And that feels really good.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde!

Finally wrote today, made it to 1k words. This is my new daily goal.

I'm getting ready to take Sun out of the Holy Empire - and setting him up for a bad misunderstanding and fight. Things will go downhill from there.

I know what I'm writing towards (and it will be worth all the pain for Sun).

Also did some tricky admin stuff and prepared for Newsletter Day tomorrow.

Feels good.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

Slow day. Needed that.

Mostly reading, some time playing my favorite game, Titan Quest. Started a new mule character. Yes, I hoard things in the game. (Wanna play with me? I can outfit you.)

Chatted with my sister and my dad.

Fought off existential dread.

Looking forward to sweet dreams and writing tomorrow.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

Didn't get a lot done today, but I read a book and did the author interview I linked earlier.

It was nice to simply do what felt good.

Hope to get back to Sun tomorrow.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

No writing. The wall in my mind did not come down. Yes, I had the file open. sigh

I did read more romance and really enjoyed how the author weaves her stories together in her own world. Fun jokes, like cameos and song lyrics showing up in both series.

I can't see any overlap between my worlds, but even so, that was a fun thing to see.

I hope I can break down my block this weekend. I want to write Sun.


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Gute Nacht, Freunde.

Wrote 400 words for Sun today, and I am very happy with that. Hope many more will follow this weekend.

I did get some downloads from Writer Brain for book #9, Spirit Sings. That was a bit of a motivation, as well. Things will get a little more complicated than I thought, but I like the added layer. (Yes, vague, sorry.)

Very tired tonight, will read a bit and crawl into bed.

Posted a snippet on my board:
!hannahsdragonriders


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Integrating notebooks. I make a habit of periodically reviewing the snippets of thoughts that I’ve jotted down over the years — editing, revising & releasing ideas/concepts. The Muse sometimes sends messages we don’t fully comprehend in the moment, which is why I capture whatever I can.

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Gute Nacht, Freunde!

Slow day. Day job at the office, groceries on my way home, reading yet another book of the series I'm binging.

Finding it hard to let go of Sky - want to see him soar. But I need to shift over into Sun's mind and tell his story. He's very different from Sky.

For one, he doesn't really have a good grip on his powers thanks to a certain relationship in his House. For two, he's much more upset that he admits even to himself. Fun stuff.


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