With deadline looming…

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Summer hours are already kicking in with Rach and me, even though she’s only been out of school for a day and a half. Left to her own devices, she naturally seem to sleep between midnight and 8am. Clocks are required to shift that around. Last night she was tired, but still fussed until midnight. After that she was cool and slept till 8. I woke up earlier, but stayed quiet so she could rest.

My mother says she comes by that naturally. I’ve been a night owl since I was a kid, sometimes writing/wandering until almost dawn. I still remember my first all-night film festival – long before cable tv. PBS ran a series of foreign films overnight – my first taste of Roman Polanski (Knife in the Water), and I was up when my dad got home at 3:30 from his last OTR run to Decatur.

Needless to say, I am NOT a morning person. With Secrets peering over my shoulder, deadline in sight, I’ll be working more into the night, glad that my favorite shows are now in reruns and thus not tempting. I don’t watch a lot of tv, but more than I should.

I’ve also found that sticking to my plan to work on Murder first thing, at least that 100 words/day goal (which takes less than 30 minutes) keeps me perky for other projects. When I don’t write on my own stuff, I get nasty and cranky.

Of course, writing ONLY 100 words is an interesting discipline. Once I get started, I can usually do 2-5 pages without blinking. But must focus on what’s paying the bills right now.

Enough rambling for a sleepy-headed Thursday morning. Time for energy food and work.

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