Oooh I'm at 118, 012 word count and I've not even started the final part. That seems excessive and I'm being ruthless with the prose 😭

Jesse Crisps am I dragging my flippin feet tonight. Get to writing I tell myself. Just one more update, one more cup of tea and this last yt video

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I think about this statement from Liz Shipton often

I worry about this misconception. I'm writing neo-noir. People say and do terrible, horrible things but that's because they're the bad people. You're supposed to find them abhorrent.

Updated all my social media ✅
Did all my housework✅
Run out of things to procrastinate with ✅😑

I have watched that little event I set for myself count down from 77 days to 39. Ugh

this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time

The eternal struggle
Scrolling youtube for writing advice knowing damn well I already know how to write the subject I'm watching and passing it off as 'research'

Todays check of the first draft to refresh my memory has yielded 4 continuity errors and a character I don't remember writing. Good to know where I'm at

Yeah I'm new and it looks like I'm fake but I swear I'm not. Yes I'm aware that's what a fake would say but I've got profiles elsewhere a bit more full up than this

New scam, folks. Be aware. Got an email from a writer akin to real ones I've gotten in the past -- hey, I like your books, I'm a writer too, looking to make connections, etc. Nothing sus. First red flag: ending with "I'd love to stay connected. Do you have a link to your latest book or author page?"

Finished Part One almost done with Part Two but it's dragging.