JL: Summer 2025 Writing Journal

Expenses

Train/Bus: 68 from Norfolk to Baltimore, sedan 50, 50, 100, 60, 681 cross country tickets = 1,009

Webhosting fee: 200 = 200

Rent: 200, Oakland hotel 360, 720 = 1280

Food: train 5, 7, Pittsburgh 14, 18, 3, train 22, Virginia 140, MD 80, 40, 14, 40, 62, 14, 2, 20, 170, 70, 50, 71, 72, 10, 30, 61, Pennsylvania 74, 13, 12, 9, 22, 6, 9, 11, 6, 7, train: 19, 13, 6, 20, 6, 7, 23, 20 S. California 20, 14 20, train 6, 7, 14 Oakland 19, 35, 13, 9, 13, 7, 5, 12, 8, 5, 20, 5, 5 Utah, 5, 3, 70, 10, 50, 135, 21, 3, 47, 28, 34, =1885

Medical: 22, 70 [peptides], dentist 100, 24 [antibiotics and steroid] = 216

Books: 12, 75, 12, 19, 6, 12, = 136

Postage: 5, 19, = 24

June

[5/31 note] Toured historical sites and viewed Waterloo.]

-1. 1574, toured Monmouth Battlefield,

-2. 1280, 1431, go get dead kitten from grandma, wash clothes, read John Warry, listen to Arrian Book 1, 55th time?, proofed non fiction posts for mid June

-3. 1313, 1334, 1028, read John Warry, proofed fiction posts for June, washed clothes, viewed Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

-4. 1309, began incidents in the Life of Orion, 1585, pack, dinner and drinks with hosts, gained 5 pound sin Jersey,

-5. schedule posts for late September and early October, back up files, square away quarters, begin fast 11 am, train to Lancaster, PA, yard work

-6. yard work, train to Pittsburgh, PA,

-7. morning haunts, ear keening, eye agony, break fast 10 am, 2 eggs, 2 slices cheese, grocery shopping with friend, 962, 5 emails, updated bio, ugh, arrange text The Broken Dance at 658 pages, correct text to page 114,

-8. walked to bakery and grocery, 1185, made quiche, 1111, Broken Dance text to page 288

-9. correct Broken Dance to 398, walk to drug store, proofed BD to 599 pages at 126,570 words

-10. cooked, outlined 3 articles, read first 4 chapters of Reavers of the Coast, 971, call with promoter, up with friend

-11. 1372, 1321, sweep drive way, trim cherry tree, wash clothes, pack, view riot footage and cheer for both sides

-12. to Philadelphia and then Norfolk 7:00 AM to 11:40 PM

-13. trained 5 hours with Pernard and James, recorded 2 podcasts,

-14. 689, machete clinical trials with James Anderson, 2 podcasts with James, 13 duels in two hours, outline joint novel,

-15. 16 machete duels, asses results

-16. began writing Being Will White, 1009, podcast with James,

-17. train to Maryland

-18. 1839, formatted galleys, formatted minor poetical study, 979, visit with Brickmouse,

-19. 988, physical therapy 1118, 1244, coach boxing, stick sparring, helped Jason write a wedding speech, read Pirates of the Chesapeake

-20. washed clothes, packed, proofed BWW #1, emails, 911, proofed poetic articles, to bank, train station, pharmacy, Eastside, Dove is in the hospital with heart

-21. 1183, 1239, 1351, outlined the remainder of Incidents in the Life of Orion, watched fights, drank beer and whiskey, slept in recliner, Megan is very sick, taking care of her,

-22. woke at dawn, sparred with Charles from 9:15 to 9:45, 1362, 1660 format Planters Plea, 1094

-23. 1620, 3,039, grocery shopping for dinner, 2675, Planters Plea complete, 1577, watch game, watched fights until 1 am,

-24. 1355, shop for Georgia, Megan taken away in ambulance, 1443, studied baseball games for Agriane throwing mechanics and body types

-25. 1969, back to Brickmouse House, weeded 3 hours, drinks with Big Ron, emails, leg nerves going wild, had to increase nerve meds to sleep and walk, ugh…

-26. 2147, emails, 270w video review post, 1352, canceled last boxing session at Towson Karate,1933, Megan released, dinner with Brickmouse & Bride, planned videos on phone with Mister Gray, Zman passed away,

-27. canceled meeting and interview with Michael due to walking issues, arranged text for Negro PTSD at 35,009 words, wash clothes, pack, read Tacitus, dinner with The Operator, over to Megan on the Eastside

-28. Outline Heretic Sky, 1427, to Harford County with family

-29. 1577, 1316, shopping with Mom, grandson’s birthday party, 1004, uploaded First TML book, Search For An American Spartacus

-30. 1617, emails, edited Slave posts on site, arranged text for Wicked Nation, began arranging text for Hallowed Lies, crazy thunder storms

Articles/Chapters: 44

Books: 1

Journal: 1

July

-1. 1350, shopping for sons family dinner, 1708, crazy thunder storms, back to Baltimore

-2. back up files, pack, bank, write publication guide for Tml Books, 558, Shamrock with Chuck, videos with Guillo Girl,

-3. Breakfast with Brickmouse, weed 2 hours, read Vunak concluding chapters, meet Mister Grey at The Raven, to Pennsylvania videos

-4. Visit Ruby, Cookout with The Picts, videos, drank until 3:30 am, met my bastard love son in Lancaster, PA

-5. Train at Eriques with Tony, buy train tickets, read Glubbs History of the Mamlukes

-6. To Pittsburgh by car,

-7. 1794, began Thomas Hellier reconstruction, trash, clothes, got Rick soup,1153, Orion #5, arranged text for Hellier, 1547, can’t walk, ugh

-8. 1594, H2, arranged text in main document, therapy, read Agricola, 1336, videos with Mister Grey

-9. 1136, visit sister and niece, 1289, record videos and drink rum, Rick in real bad shape, cook

-10. formatted Hellier 5 thru 8, help Punky clean, 1852,

-11. 1505, to grocery, dry clothes, 1415, clean house, 1259, read and fed Rick’s deer, emails, prepared text for Hellier 7 and 8, corrected 0 thru 4

-12. 2377, shop for Punky, 1195 complete Hellier, 875, schedule posts for October and November, 160 minute talk with Richard Barrett

-13. eye seized, 1205

-14. 1332, packed, train to Chicago

-15. train to Kansas

-16. arrive in Kansas, record audio with Montius, collect books to complete Conspiracy book

-17. work on Of the Naked Land with Montius, 1307,

-18. read Rib Runners, train to San Bernadino

-19. San Bernadino to Joshua Tree, trained with Vanilla Gorilla, 1080, visit with the ladies and Rollo, drank beer, do not recall turning in

-20. wake late, with a hangover, found I had eaten a pastry last night, will stop drinking today, can not abide not recalling, reading The Failure of Technology, 787, coached at Indian Canyon FMA school, toured a cannabis grow

-21. 1362, 1404, demoted Morning Road and Good Morning to fragment outline appendices to Incidents in the Life of Orion, since stopping drinking want to get away from surrealistic fiction and return to action adventure, arrange text for ILO, 1045, completed Incidents in the Life of Orion, at 17,654 words, read Georg Junger, watched fights and interviewed Dennis Steed

-22. 1090, 1049, 1003, 1915, trained with Dennis and Ian,

-23. driven to San Bernadino, train to LA, completed reading Georg Junger, picked up by Wetzel, set up patio gym, square gear in guest room, train with Wetzel, begin proofing ILO to page 76, planning session with Sean for upcoming 12/13 fight, shopped for gear and groceries,

-24. complete proofing Incidents in the Life of Orion to 17,687, 1343, visited with children and gained a tour of the yard, gathered eggs, 1516, framed Of the Naked Lands in 25 parts, trained stick with Wetzel, read Eumeswil: the Teachers, Outlined Anarch thread for EAW

-25. 949 ONL #1, 1310, boxing training with Wetzel, watched childrens’ movie with family

-26. 937, to the drinking water spring with family, sparring, wash clothes, pack

-27. Train #14 from LA to Oakland, read Eumeswil, rent room, buy groceries, check LA writing, 184, Read Harold Lamb’s Durandel first 5 chapters,

-28. 983, listen to Herodotus, train with Eddie, frame Daddy, bank, mail box, grocery, bodego, 816, listen to Oedipus Rex, book store, read Durandel

-29. 1010, 1006, complete Anarch, down with eye, sleep 18 hours, Herodotus

-30. Listen to Herodotus, 1950, Arrian 2196, listen to Gibbon 50, 21, 52

-31. 807, write publishing briefs, set up online tablet, assembled text for Gallows Born, listen to Gibbon 52, 785, 1381, listen to Teutonic Knights

Chapters/Articles = 43

Books = 1

Novels = 1

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August

Goals to Complete: Son of God: Advent, Enemy of All Mankind, complete Areid notes and begin Areid Novel #1: Grace

-1. 9 chapters to go in EAM, listen to Jason and the Argonauts, frame Agrianes 9, began EAM Conclusion, 1214,

-2. 1168, 1158, walk, coffee shop, return to lunch, 1170, 1654, walk to store, listen to Gibbon 52, 53

-3. walk, pack gear bag and clothes, read Soldiers of Fortune, 1061, walk, 1202, walk, read Armies & Campaigns of Alexander

-4. 1567, mail letters & books, packed, talked to Adam Smith, listened to Gibbon 54 to 56, 2 chapters left in EAM

-5. bus to Emmeryville and train to SLC, read Urth of the New Sun

-6. SLC to Kamas Valley, square away quarters

-7. 46 emails, outline 18 articles, 1634, start reading Against the Grain,

-8. 2495, to southern Utah, Bryces canyon, Brian Head

-9. 1483, annotate The Odyssey, trouble with altitude

-10. Rick passed, 1380, back to Northern Utah,

-11. 1493, dentist, Myth 20 call, failed to use telagram streamyard, talked to Adam and Nick, edited Odysseus segments

-12. 1243, rest, 972, cooked, watched Randal Carlson on the Younger Dryas science, 1345, walk,

-13. check format Of A Naked Land, correct composition errors, wash clothes, 995,

-14. 1355, to SLC, finished reading Against the Grain, 1401, last chapter in EOAM, read The Sword of Christ

-15. 2231, read Hammurabi’s code, annotate, visit Arla, 2225,

-16. retitle Enemy of All Mankind to Undertaken, frame in seven parts, write headings, arrange text for 1 & 2, hang with Bob, arrange text for 3, 4 & 5, wash clothes

-17. church, completed arrangement of text for Undertaken, family lunch, read Wrath of the Wendigo

-18. 858, proofed Undertaken front matter, canned green beans, weeded for Arla

-19. proofed part 1 & 2, began reading Finger Prints of the Gods, walked, proofed 3 to pg 56,

-20. proofed 56 thru 100, complete 3, get sod, drill bit, weed for Arla, proofed 4 to page 26, walked, watched anthropology videos, proofed 4, started proofing 5 to page 6

-21. proofed FIVE from page 7 to 96, picked rose hips, went to get sod, proof SIX from to page 28, relax, walk 2 miles, 16 emails, proof SIX to page 70

-22. laid sod for Arla, proof SIX to page 140, cook chicken chili, grocery shopping, finished proofing SIX, proof SEVEN to page 58

-23. proofed 7 to 111, finished end notes, 1328, completed Undertaken at 155,427 words and 551 pages in 13 point Lucida unicode, picked green beans, read Jasper Daenkerts journal, collected Cherokee, Mohawk and Regulator links

-24. 1263, family lunch, searched missing book links, arranged remainder of Planting America sections, phone calls, walk, updated works in progress, Overture Antares at 15,637, emails,

-25. 1712, can green beans with Bob, 1289, 1354, emails, read Xenophon on Hunting With Dogs

-26. 126, 1100, training post, tag checks, 1603, first rain of the summer, finally, outline end of summer and autumn writing priorities

-27. to Wyoming for breakfast with Dante, into the Uintas to look for mushrooms, finish travel outlines, write on Arla and poaching, 1560, read Xenophon Economics

-28. Planting America outlines ancient 1714, 1759, 2108

-29. Planting America outlines, ancient, 1303, 1639, read on medieval uprisings & Turks

-30. Planting America outlines, 1929, 1009,

-31. Church, proofed Peasant Revolts, pickled green beans, Planting America outlines, 901, 1869,

Articles/Chapters = 40

Books = 2

Histories = 1

Novels = 1

Summer

Chapters/Articles: 44 + 43 + 40 = 127

Books = 1 + 1 + 2 = 4

Histories = 1