Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Procrastination

  • Whew! Twenty Down…Just a Hundred to Go

        It's done. As of 9pm tonight, I completed twenty pages of my first screenplay ever. Next time you go see a movie, never EVER think writing it would be easy. I know, after this semester, I'll never see a movie with the same eyes as I did before.     Writing this screenplay is something I've dreamed of…

  • Just Taking a Little Break…

        Well, I made progress…not as much as I would have liked, but I have a teensy idea of an outline – the scene I should start with and how it will all work out. The problem is there is SO MUCH MATERIAL!! Now I'm thinking it would have been best to turn this into a…

  • Pushing Up My Sleeves…

        It's time to get serious. (Well, passed time, but it's too late to dwell on past mistakes.) This weekend I'm writing at least twenty pages of screenplay, come hell or high water. I have to – they're due this week and it's obvious I don't have enough self-discipline time during the week to work on it.     I've…

  • Matewan Revisited and Another Saturday

        Last Saturday, I slept until 11am and got nothing else done. That was okay. But this week my to-do lists are weighing heavier and heavier on my shoulders. I'm sinking…DROWNING…     So this Saturday I'm kicking into high gear, pencil out, ready to start scratching things off and burning the lists.  Heck, I'm so pumped, I didn't…

  • Waves, Lariats, and Other Metaphors for Texas Winters

         I had to grab my gloves and insulated jacket for my walk with the dogs this morning. Another wave of winter rolled in from the north last night. This one was serious – it dropped into the forties! (That's winter in Texas, y'all…) Of course, with the help of the sun, it was back up…