Ed Dawson
@shitedflipside.bsky.social
Oxymoron: old punk. Wrote for Flipside. Played folk punk. Edited a printed punk zine. Wrote occult sci-fi. Family background includes both New Thought (father) and Freethinkers (mother). I am writing a 2nd novel, fantasy.
I'm taking a week or 10 days off writing. Besides, a surfeit of gobbler is conducive to digestive torpor, not productivity.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I'm taking a week or 10 days off writing. Besides, a surfeit of gobbler is conducive to digestive torpor, not productivity.
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I just passed 59,000 words in the WIP.
It's a lot harder to write consistently at 75 than it was at 45.
I'm managing though.
It's a lot harder to write consistently at 75 than it was at 45.
I'm managing though.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I just passed 59,000 words in the WIP.
It's a lot harder to write consistently at 75 than it was at 45.
I'm managing though.
It's a lot harder to write consistently at 75 than it was at 45.
I'm managing though.
This is why I write after I go to bed in darkness! I go to bed to sleep and a minute later I am back at the WIP.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is why I write after I go to bed in darkness! I go to bed to sleep and a minute later I am back at the WIP.
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58,000 words, finally becoming novel length. Got to quit for now, chapter 18 is rough written.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
58,000 words, finally becoming novel length. Got to quit for now, chapter 18 is rough written.
Blue Origin failed to launch Escapade for NASA. Dang.
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Blue Origin failed to launch Escapade for NASA. Dang.
Last two days, little writing. Research instead of things I don't know but have to go into the chapter.
Not that anyone is reading this, lol.
Not that anyone is reading this, lol.
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Last two days, little writing. Research instead of things I don't know but have to go into the chapter.
Not that anyone is reading this, lol.
Not that anyone is reading this, lol.
Someone write a new Conan novel where Conan gets sent into the future and lands in Santa Barbara. Then he can be
Conan the Santa Barbarian.
Conan the Santa Barbarian.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Someone write a new Conan novel where Conan gets sent into the future and lands in Santa Barbara. Then he can be
Conan the Santa Barbarian.
Conan the Santa Barbarian.
700 words into the WIP today. This chapter is coming along nicely. I have the beginning, the end, and now I'm filling in the middle.
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
700 words into the WIP today. This chapter is coming along nicely. I have the beginning, the end, and now I'm filling in the middle.
Only 400 words yesterday, in starting a new chapter. Struggling a bit with the journey. Typical me: I know how it ends but not how to get there.
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Only 400 words yesterday, in starting a new chapter. Struggling a bit with the journey. Typical me: I know how it ends but not how to get there.
Another 1000 words. Yay me. Lol.
October 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Another 1000 words. Yay me. Lol.
1300 words already today. Thanks to Gareth Powell for advice to treat each chapter as a short story. That works for me. :)
October 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
1300 words already today. Thanks to Gareth Powell for advice to treat each chapter as a short story. That works for me. :)
Wrote 1700 words in a new chapter for the WIP yesterday. Chapter's not finished, maybe 2/3 done? Don't wish me luck (okay do so if you wish), wish me inspiration please. I need to figure out how to exorcise an entire cemetery. (damn that Steve King, I keep writing "cemetary" and it's all his fault.)
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Wrote 1700 words in a new chapter for the WIP yesterday. Chapter's not finished, maybe 2/3 done? Don't wish me luck (okay do so if you wish), wish me inspiration please. I need to figure out how to exorcise an entire cemetery. (damn that Steve King, I keep writing "cemetary" and it's all his fault.)
Figured it out: the next chapter will be a ghost story, involving a cat. Whew. Thought I was stuck. Again.
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Figured it out: the next chapter will be a ghost story, involving a cat. Whew. Thought I was stuck. Again.
I'm currently out of ideas for the next chapter. The outline is done but the whole thing is too short. I'm F-Rated: FrustRated.
October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm currently out of ideas for the next chapter. The outline is done but the whole thing is too short. I'm F-Rated: FrustRated.
Can you believe this crap? Scroll down: "Trump For King", I kid you not. Treason.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Can you believe this crap? Scroll down: "Trump For King", I kid you not. Treason.
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Wrote about 500 words into the WIP yesterday, mostly after I tried unsuccessfully to sleep.
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wrote about 500 words into the WIP yesterday, mostly after I tried unsuccessfully to sleep.
My best time for writing is after I go to bed. I lie there in the darkness and daydream the book I am writing. Then I get up, go to my Mac, wake it, and write. When finished I put it to sleep again. I've done this as much as 5 times in an evening.
October 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My best time for writing is after I go to bed. I lie there in the darkness and daydream the book I am writing. Then I get up, go to my Mac, wake it, and write. When finished I put it to sleep again. I've done this as much as 5 times in an evening.
I'm very happy, cleared up some confusion in an early chapter and fixed the descriptions. Yay.
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm very happy, cleared up some confusion in an early chapter and fixed the descriptions. Yay.
Good day. 500ish words.
September 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Good day. 500ish words.
YES! Huge solution to the set up in the second half of this chapter. Owen is vulnerable again. Wasn't sure how to get the narrative to that point, but managed.
September 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
YES! Huge solution to the set up in the second half of this chapter. Owen is vulnerable again. Wasn't sure how to get the narrative to that point, but managed.
The first half of a chapter is finished, the set up. Now to do where that leads.
September 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The first half of a chapter is finished, the set up. Now to do where that leads.
Another 700. Ugh, spent 3 hours doing research to barely usable results. Hope to do better and replace it.
September 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Another 700. Ugh, spent 3 hours doing research to barely usable results. Hope to do better and replace it.
Wrote approximately 1000 words today. Finally broke through the writers block.
September 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wrote approximately 1000 words today. Finally broke through the writers block.