Written by August 28 2026
I have to write another few stories to send to potential publishers. Well magazines. Once I do get a magazine to accept I can try for making a book and getting a publisher and a much needed advance or switch over to script writing although what publisher I would use I don’t know can only think of Waterbear. I looked it up and bamboo paper is a thing.
13:11
I’ve figured out a problem and the beginnings of a plot.
13:44
It’s raining!
16:27
I’m stupid. The story I wrote of 10,000 words is neither sci fi nor fantasy, it is merely staged in the future.
I have to write again and theeen move on to the other magazine. I still have time happily.
Ugh I’m so annoyed. The thing is you never know what story you have to tell so writing for these magazines is frustrating.
16:49
Oh! So I’m not a total dunce. One of the plot devices is sci fi fantasy influenced, lunarpunk and from The Stellar, the work of Phlebotometrists. I kind of forgot while despairing. My mother states it’s very subtle and would probably not qualify. I am going to write this next story and see how it goes. Then I will decide who I submit it to. But I am not a total idiot. That’s a relief.
22:29
I’m at 6 thousand odd words. The story is losing a bit of momentum or maybe it’s just a necessary discussion of the characters coming to a crossroads of money versus free things. I have the crossroads in my own life. Having a monetization strategy and earning is this repeated block to progress.
That everything comes with a price tag or a bargain of some sorts. I’m dealing with it in my bachelor, in my stories and in my life. I suppose these stories are assisting me with sorting this out.
August 29 2026
00:37
I’m a bit stuck. My characters have passed the crescendo of the story and now need a resolution. They need a house and a job in a world of increasingly free things.
00:44
I thought of the start of something.
1:26
I’ve found a loose end I want to tie together to round out the story. I’m not sure how I’ll pull it off but when I do, the story will be complete.
2:59
I’m finished. It will definitely need editing but it’s complete and satisfying at 9248 words! And it’s only a tiny bit of fluff and puttering to stetch it, it’s mostly substance. I’ll have to see it with fresh eyes tomorrow but… this is just the beginning of the writing to be done. A pirate’s life for me… dunno why I said that, I don’t know of pirates being writerly types but I’m in Jamaica, so.
3:25
Found a plothole. Not giant but noticeable. But hey! Writing for myself goes soooooooo much easier than ghostwriting. Ghostwriting was soul crushingly painful, I would always quit on clients eventually if it wasn’t a one off. I would hate going to the keyboard. This is way less taxing.
3:55
Plothole fixed and I’m up to 9530 words.
4:10
It seems to be ok at 9462 words, some of the previous word count was crossed out. I think I should try to rest and read again tomorrow/later today.
17:19
Sent off the story this morning and now I’m on to the next. I know the characters, setting and problem. But I’m tired. I know if I nap that’s it for the day, there’ll be no ‘rest and start again’ that’ll just be it for the day. I think this story is gonna be way short of the wordlimit max so I just need to calculate what I need to earn not what I would like to do and aim for that then go to sleep. Sigh. Life in the working world. On a Saturday.
It’s got a pretty epic storyline though at first glance. Could have stretched it to 22k like the word limit is. Just ran out of time is all. Btws I notice when I use the word ‘just’ now, didn’t know it figured so much into my vocabulary! Wow!
22:53
I actually did end up resting, I guess I was too tired. But I’m up now and it’s writing time if I get the wherewithal. 2,000 words is sufficient for my needs. If I go beyond that, it’s ‘brawta’ as we say in Jamaica or ‘extra.’
August 30 2026
1:23
I dunno why but I am really unmotivated and without inspiration. This story is supposed to be the most exciting one yet with its theme of ultimate evil but I just can’t think of anything.
2:12
I barely have inspiration. Im going back to bed.
15:52
I dunno. I think I’ve reached my writing limit maybe and I’m not superhuman in this.
16:14
I have thought of the twist.
21:53
Haven’t done much writing, I’m not that inspired it seems. I thought about my bachelor though, I want to calculate how many days on average it took to make a recipe delicious enough to be in a cookbook. April to December 2025 is the time range. This will point to the fact that a raw vegan manner of eating can be satisfying and produce dividends if that is to be a metric. I think I’m going to bed and will just see what tomorrow brings.
August 31 2026
20:37
After sleeping most of the day, showering in the rain and enjoying the coooler weather and lack of buzzing machinery noise just soothing rain, and eating a bunch of quesadillas with prego traditional sauce, I finally mapped out a plot. My body kept me sleeping yesterday and today basically forcing me to have a weekend ha! And now it seems there’s a plot! Woohoo! Wasn’t sure if that would ever happen and was also shocked at how well it fit and how obvious it felt that I had the power, it was my world, I could make anything within reason and internal logic happen! But it took that much work.
22:33
One thing I noticed, I’m getting a sense of humour in my writing again. I lost it for a while, worse even, resorting to puns alone for humour. Oh dear. Thank goodness that’s over.
September 1 2026
14:03
Another beautiful downpour.
15:32
Finished I think? Phew. Now on to the next task. Wireframing then story plotting.
20:25
I’m biting the bullet and downloading Godot game engine and the documentation. I have no idea if it will work. The logo still kind of looks like a Gollywog to me with bantu knots. And I still have a couple other reasons why I don’t want to use it. But theoretically, it’s opensource, popular, and free. I don’t have a good reason not to try.
September 3 2026
I slept out backside today and yesterday is a blur.
I worked a bit on my thesis yesterday, there was a weather situation with a coworker and I got all revolutionary feeling and people were unresponsive. I ended the day hating human beings and slept, and slept, and slept.