Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com

…yeah, that’s it for me. To hell with all this, I’m going to bed.

Tomorrow I get to proof a book that people are waiting for, so at least there’s that.

I can’t wait to go to bed.

Still not sure anything I wrote today is usable. That’s a question for another day.

And people wonder why writers drink.

Every single word today had to be dragged out kicking and screaming, every sentence essayed at least twice before it could be hammered into shape, and I hate every goddamn project on deck right now.

@mwlucas Hey, I think I visited there one summer. :P

I’m just in a Mood tonight, and irritated by every failure of technology from autocorrect to electronic dictionary. Grrr.

Yes, Scrivener Dictionary, “epergne” is an actual word.

*stamps away fuming*

@djsundog I sat for a few minutes and thought “do I really need to share this?” And was ready to delete if you were like “thanks but I didn’t need to know.” I’m sorry.

@djsundog I’m sorry. I wrote SO MANY BOOKS to his stuff.

@djsundog I loved his stuff until I found out he was a raging Catholic and anti-choice. After that… it just wasn’t the same. :(

Me: “If you had just eaten your breakfast…”

Dogs: “You know we don’t work like that, lady.”

Dogs have finally settled for their lunchtime nap. I have a fresh cuppa Earl Grey. There’s a combat scene between two intelligent, murderous princes to write.

It’ll probably be a good afternoon.

Good heavens, the mansplainers are out in force today. I haven’t had to mash mute/block buttons with such exceeding vengeance in a while.

The true wonder of this situation is that barricades and guillotines haven’t appeared on every Main Street. (The optimist in me is forced to add, “…Yet.”)

“There is not a single state, county or metropolitan area in the U.S. where a minimum-wage worker can afford a modest two-bedroom rental without spending more than 30% of their income.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/affordable-housing-coronavirus-rent-evictions_n_5f0ccf72c5b6310dc157414b

This is why habit is so crucial in both exercise and writing. You need to give yourself momentum to carry the carcass through periods of little visible progress.

Another really good 5k time turned in. A body’s progress is never linear, which makes it frustrating—but the lunges forward are satisfying while they last.

@banjofox It is hard. Making writing a priority and protecting the time to do it in is easier once you start making a little cash from it, but earning requires having something finished. It’s super paradoxical, like everything to do with creativity.

@banjofox It happens at least twice a week, honestly. I have grown amused at the regularity of its occurrence.

In which I give a short list of things I’m thinking about lately, and there are LOTS of brackets.

Parenthetical Tuesday https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2020/07/parenthetical-tuesday/