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  "title": "Miscellanea for 2025-10-09",
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  "html": "<ul>\n<li>Hello world!</li>\n<li>I almost hate to talk about it for fear of jinxing myself, but: <ul>\n<li>I tend to write 3 journal pages every week day. Takes me about an hour. I've managed to reliably do it for almost 10 years now. </li>\n<li>I've accumulated a lot of pages intended mostly for no one to read.</li>\n<li>A month ago, I decided to trade that hour on Tuesday and Thursday for creative writing. </li>\n<li>I've never before found a consistent slot in my day for it. But, for some reason, easing up on journal writing never occurred until now.</li>\n<li>It's ended up being a pretty ideal time: an hour in the day where my brain's not yet mush and I've usually been able to carve it away from everything else.</li>\n<li>Since I started doing that, I managed to finish 3 half-abandoned short stories and then get 2000 words into a new one.</li>\n<li>Crossing fingers I can keep this up, because it's something I've wanted to make this work for a stupid long time. </li>\n<li>I have been able to write in bursts of hyperfocus spaced over the course of a year—thus the half-abandoned stories—but I need a more reliable drumbeat between those sessions.</li>\n<li>I've avoided looking for writing groups, because social pressure and accountability doesn't seem to motivate me like it does other folks. So, I have to already be getting the thing done to feel like it's worth the social outing.</li>\n<li>That said, I'm thinking about getting more folks to read my stuff. Of course, I know what I'm doing right now is going to be terrible until I've managed to do it for awhile.</li>\n<li>Apropos of that, I posted <a href=\"https://blog.lmorchard.com/2025/10/07/behemoth/\">Behemoth</a> yesterday just to get it away from me. Maybe I'll do more of that as I finish things and while I look for a community?</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n",
  "body": "\n- Hello world!\n- I almost hate to talk about it for fear of jinxing myself, but: \n\t- I tend to write 3 journal pages every week day. Takes me about an hour. I've managed to reliably do it for almost 10 years now. \n\t- I've accumulated a lot of pages intended mostly for no one to read.\n\t- A month ago, I decided to trade that hour on Tuesday and Thursday for creative writing. \n\t- I've never before found a consistent slot in my day for it. But, for some reason, easing up on journal writing never occurred until now.\n\t- It's ended up being a pretty ideal time: an hour in the day where my brain's not yet mush and I've usually been able to carve it away from everything else.\n\t- Since I started doing that, I managed to finish 3 half-abandoned short stories and then get 2000 words into a new one.\n\t- Crossing fingers I can keep this up, because it's something I've wanted to make this work for a stupid long time. \n\t- I have been able to write in bursts of hyperfocus spaced over the course of a year—thus the half-abandoned stories—but I need a more reliable drumbeat between those sessions.\n\t- I've avoided looking for writing groups, because social pressure and accountability doesn't seem to motivate me like it does other folks. So, I have to already be getting the thing done to feel like it's worth the social outing.\n\t- That said, I'm thinking about getting more folks to read my stuff. Of course, I know what I'm doing right now is going to be terrible until I've managed to do it for awhile.\n\t- Apropos of that, I posted [Behemoth](https://blog.lmorchard.com/2025/10/07/behemoth/) yesterday just to get it away from me. Maybe I'll do more of that as I finish things and while I look for a community?",
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