Writing 5am Writer’s Club Challenge – Day Seven
July 27, 2020 admin

After a full week of anxiety, concern, and yelling at my keyboard, I was anticipating something big happening on my last day of the challenge. When it comes to my big projects, Murphy’s Law tends to kick in the second I’m about to finish. Naturally, I thought I would find some loophole which would render a full week of hard work useless. Or I’d run up against a case of writer’s block so severe I would be stuck looking at a blank screen for an hour. But in the end, I was pleasantly surprised. 4:30 – Let’s do this. 4:45…

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Uncategorized 5am Writer’s Club Challenge – Day Six
July 26, 2020 admin

After a long birthday of talking to people on Twitter, playing with puppies, and getting aggravated when I picked up my first take out meal in weeks only to see half the staff not wearing masks, I was ready to get back to work. It was going to be easy to get back into the writing swing of things. Or so I thought. 4:50 – Wow. I’m awake and I’ve never wanted to do this less. 5:00 – There’s still chocolate shavings from my birthday cake still stuck in my teeth, so I am going to brush before I get…

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Uncategorized 5am Writer’s Club Challenge – Day Five
July 25, 2020 admin

It’s my birthday today, and I’m spending the wee hours of the morning writing about an alien virus that’s going to destroy the planet. Which, in all honestly, is exactly what I wanted to be doing today. Let’s see how today’s 5am Writer’s Club Challenge went! 3:00 – Why am I up this early? 3:05 – I went to bed a little early yesterday, so I’d actually be able to get up on time for once. Is that why my body is waking me up at this insane hour? 3:06 – I’ll just go back to bed. 4:15 – OK,…

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Uncategorized 5am Writer’s Club Challenge – Day Three
July 23, 2020 admin

Day Two was tricky. But today was a hard one. Let’s get right into it. 4:45 – Oh god. Is that my alarm? I’m absolutely exhausted. 4:46 – How am I this tired? I remember getting distracted watching Marvel movie clips before I went to bed last night, but that shouldn’t have done this. I only fell asleep 30 minutes later than expected! How did that make me this tired? 4:46 – OK, no big deal. I’ll just take a ten minute power nap, then I’ll get up. Power naps are supposed to trick your brain into feeling more alert….

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