Pat Murphy
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Get up, meet my daily word count on the first draft of the second book in a middle grade trilogy, update my solo game actual play blog, edit the third draft of the first book in a middle grade trilogy. Repeat daily.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Get up, meet my daily word count on the first draft of the second book in a middle grade trilogy, update my solo game actual play blog, edit the third draft of the first book in a middle grade trilogy. Repeat daily.
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I just had to punish the protagonists in the middle grade book I'm working on. Rather, their parents had to punish them. I still feel awful, though.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I just had to punish the protagonists in the middle grade book I'm working on. Rather, their parents had to punish them. I still feel awful, though.
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A full-on writing day. I met my word goal on the second book of a new series, then edited two chapters of the first book. Now some solo journal roleplaying to relax.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A full-on writing day. I met my word goal on the second book of a new series, then edited two chapters of the first book. Now some solo journal roleplaying to relax.
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Getting up at 1:30 in the morning so I can do the laundry and ironing and not miss my regularly scheduled writing time.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Getting up at 1:30 in the morning so I can do the laundry and ironing and not miss my regularly scheduled writing time.
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Not a bad situation. I finished the first draft of the first book, and while my reader has it I've started the second book.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Not a bad situation. I finished the first draft of the first book, and while my reader has it I've started the second book.
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Session 4 is posted of my ongoing solo adventure on Barsoom using the John Carter of Mars RPG from Modiphius. I tuck the game mechanics into footnotes.
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John Carter of Mars RPG Session 4
Ambush in the Cave
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November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Session 4 is posted of my ongoing solo adventure on Barsoom using the John Carter of Mars RPG from Modiphius. I tuck the game mechanics into footnotes.
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I finished the first draft of a new middle grade adventure novel. I'm anxious to get it back from my preliminary reader so I can work with the feedback. Meanwhile, the second book in the series is starting to form in my subconscious.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I finished the first draft of a new middle grade adventure novel. I'm anxious to get it back from my preliminary reader so I can work with the feedback. Meanwhile, the second book in the series is starting to form in my subconscious.
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I just finished the first draft of my middle grade science fantasy novel. I used Scrivener for the first time. Writing by scene with a daily goal word count countdown was a great experience.
Now for the fun part: Editing!
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Now for the fun part: Editing!
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November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I just finished the first draft of my middle grade science fantasy novel. I used Scrivener for the first time. Writing by scene with a daily goal word count countdown was a great experience.
Now for the fun part: Editing!
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Now for the fun part: Editing!
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Another day making my writing goal and then forcing myself to stop. #LiteraryEdging
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October 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another day making my writing goal and then forcing myself to stop. #LiteraryEdging
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I told my partner I met my writing goal and was excited to continue writing tomorrow. He suggested I just write more today and didn't understand when I said I'd rather be excited to write tomorrow.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I told my partner I met my writing goal and was excited to continue writing tomorrow. He suggested I just write more today and didn't understand when I said I'd rather be excited to write tomorrow.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Blogging my solo exploration of Tiny Cthulhu in the epistolary style of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Check out the letters at rollingonesap.substack.com
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Rolling One's Actual Play | PATRICK F MURPHY | Substack
A journal of my solo RPG sessions. Click to read Rolling One's Actual Play, by PATRICK F MURPHY, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Blogging my solo exploration of Tiny Cthulhu in the epistolary style of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Check out the letters at rollingonesap.substack.com
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Seven months ago I finished a project that emptied me. Yesterday, I finally felt the energy to tell a new story. I'm returning to the world of middle grade readers and the words are running so fast I can barely keep up.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Seven months ago I finished a project that emptied me. Yesterday, I finally felt the energy to tell a new story. I'm returning to the world of middle grade readers and the words are running so fast I can barely keep up.
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I want to edit while my partner watches TV. I put on my headphones and pull up my Spotify Writing playlist and let the music drown out the news. My partner immediately starts talking to recap the anchors to make sure I don't miss anything.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I want to edit while my partner watches TV. I put on my headphones and pull up my Spotify Writing playlist and let the music drown out the news. My partner immediately starts talking to recap the anchors to make sure I don't miss anything.
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You send out a query package, praying a publisher will ask for the full manuscript. And when that day finally comes it's sooooooo hard to open the story for one more readthrough before letting it go.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
You send out a query package, praying a publisher will ask for the full manuscript. And when that day finally comes it's sooooooo hard to open the story for one more readthrough before letting it go.
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Just as I was preparing to start my second Space Aces adventure I received a note from the lobby that I had a package. I was thrilled to find my hard copy of the game and Galaxy cards, along with a special extra surprise.
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August 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just as I was preparing to start my second Space Aces adventure I received a note from the lobby that I had a package. I was thrilled to find my hard copy of the game and Galaxy cards, along with a special extra surprise.
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Decided to do a hair reset. Clippers across the whole scalp. We'll see how it comes back.
August 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Decided to do a hair reset. Clippers across the whole scalp. We'll see how it comes back.
My partner just called me a bitter old man, which makes me feel a little proud. Kind of like if Alan Turing asked for my help with the daily Wordle.
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August 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My partner just called me a bitter old man, which makes me feel a little proud. Kind of like if Alan Turing asked for my help with the daily Wordle.
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I want to tack these wise words from L.M. Montgomery up on the wall above my desk:
"Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement."
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"Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement."
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July 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I want to tack these wise words from L.M. Montgomery up on the wall above my desk:
"Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement."
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"Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement."
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Have you ever written something that explores an experience that was so personal, so protected, that when you finished you feared it was the underlying source of all your creativity and now it's gone?
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July 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Have you ever written something that explores an experience that was so personal, so protected, that when you finished you feared it was the underlying source of all your creativity and now it's gone?
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The dog is walked, vacuuming is completed, plants are repotted. I am getting dangerously close to running out of excuses to keep me from writing.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The dog is walked, vacuuming is completed, plants are repotted. I am getting dangerously close to running out of excuses to keep me from writing.
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We decided to take a short trip into the city this morning. I hope the new issue of Oh Reader is on the display at @barnesandnoble.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We decided to take a short trip into the city this morning. I hope the new issue of Oh Reader is on the display at @barnesandnoble.com
Does anyone else use solo or journaling RPG as a writing warmup exercise?
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July 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Does anyone else use solo or journaling RPG as a writing warmup exercise?
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Milestone time! I've reached 75% in reading Anna Karenina. With all of Tolstoy's switching to French I am so glad to be reading on my Kindle for easy translation.
June 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Milestone time! I've reached 75% in reading Anna Karenina. With all of Tolstoy's switching to French I am so glad to be reading on my Kindle for easy translation.
I've come to terms with using being a victim of SA in my writing. Yes, it might embarrass my abuser in my hometown, but why should I be the only one to be ashamed of it?
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May 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I've come to terms with using being a victim of SA in my writing. Yes, it might embarrass my abuser in my hometown, but why should I be the only one to be ashamed of it?
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