poast-Human

A scratch pad for my soul and failed projects.

Entries Tagged ‘writing’

Long couple of days.

Made a final commit to the repo. Everything worked out and SCons is now used for everything. One of the next tasks there is to convert some of the shell scripts to python instead of bash.
Wrote 8000 words in 4 days which I consider great. Far above my expectations. This story is really shaping up.
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Excerpt: The Hotel

“Name is Wendel Floyd,” an older gentleman confirmed. The balding desk attendant lifted his fingers to the small terminal, tapped out a few gestures, and steadied his gaze back to floyd.
“The room will be free at half past eleven Mr. Floyd,” the attendant said in a small voice that betrayed his stature.
Floyd looked at his watch, [...]

Clear headed. Summer cleaning.

I took the day off from substance abuse to clean my house. I have so much junk I have collected since I moved in to this apartment just a year ago.
I would say I have less than the average person but it’s still enough to make me sad.
More work on one of my short stories.

Phoned it in.

I have not written or read anything really today. I have been trying to participate in a few forum communities, but it really doesn’t seem like my sort of thing right now. Plan to get at least a little bit of writing done tonight. Will post progress if I can stay awake.

New ideas overjoy me.

My writing has put me in such high spirits of late. The job I work is really busy this time of year so a little happiness is all you can ask for right? I’m finally writing the space colonization novel I have dreamed of for years. It’s coming along well, but not quickly. I try [...]