Dateline 10-7-2017

Alright, all of the internal drama from last week has passed. It's amazing how little has to change to trigger such a shift in my mood. Though I do think a big part of why I was feeling down had to do with the fact that I had the news on for 24 hours a day following the Las Vegas shooting but I was slipping into a dark place before any of that went down.

Now that I'm back to my regular scheduled programming, avoiding the news and sticking to more frivolous forms of entertainment, I can already feel my mood lightening tenfold. To add to the mood adjustment, I've also been productive in my efforts to rewrite my novel over the past two days.

Day one was a simple one where I spent a lot of my time working on an illustration for what would be the intro section if this were to become a physical book. This took a lot of time with little payoff but it was an important step because it got me back in the mindset to get back into the fictional world I created.

Last night was day two, where I was able to sit for at least four hours without interruption and managed to rework several pages. This rewrite is taking extra-long because there is more to it than just writing since I'm going for a more dynamic motif than just words and requires jumping back and forth between Word and Photoshop which can make it feel like I'm working at a snail's pace even though I'm actually getting a lot done.

I am a little frustrated that it is taking so long but then again when I sit back and look at what I've created I feel a sense of pride that makes it super easy to keep going. I really can't wait to share this piece which I'm aiming to do as a New Year's gift to kick off another year-long project for the site.

So with that, it's time for me to get back to work to make sure I meet this deadline. As always, I'll let you know what I get up to when I check in again tomorrow.

Talk to you then.

Sincerely,

The Wicker Breaker