{"id":5409,"date":"2026-07-20T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:58:09","slug":"the-ideas-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/the-ideas-are-coming","title":{"rendered":"The Ideas Are Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ideas-to-books.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click arrow to play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past few years, I have learned that I get more done when I work on an every-other-day basis for the heavy-lifting type of &#8220;stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I spent a lot of time on the how to write when you don&#8217;t feel like writing book&#8230; And I do need to think of a shorter title or a more appropriate title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did some outlining and thinking about this as a series of books. Each book would be complete unto itself so that you don&#8217;t need a whole big book if you&#8217;re only interested in one aspect of solving the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educational_laptop_clip_800_clr_3403.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educational_laptop_clip_800_clr_3403.png 725w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educational_laptop_clip_800_clr_3403-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educational_laptop_clip_800_clr_3403-136x150.png 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I outlined 2 chapters but I wasn&#8217;t happy with those&#8230; so I took a break and worked on prompt ideas and what I&#8217;m calling &#8220;asides&#8221; which is where I make commentary on some of what I&#8217;m writing about &#8211; almost like an alter ego for the person reading it. I&#8217;m thinking of what to call that and what it could look like as an avatar&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was reminded of when I was a therapist, and some of my clients said before they&#8217;d start to do something stupid their head would go &#8220;I wonder what Lynn would say about this&#8221; and then they would not do it because they knew they knew how THAT conversation would go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve said before that very often when I want to write, I often start with images and that&#8217;s what happened with the avatar. I began to play with the idea of what an avatar could look like &#8211; it could help me ultimately think of what I&#8217;m going to call it &#8211; or the other way around &#8211; if I find a picture, I like then I may know what to call the avatar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book is moving along  &#8211; as is the  heat wave! <\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"respond\" class=\"comment-respond wp-block-post-comments-form\">\n\t\t<h3 id=\"reply-title\" class=\"comment-reply-title\">Leave a Reply <small><a rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"cancel-comment-reply-link\" href=\"\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5409#respond\" style=\"display:none;\">Cancel reply<\/a><\/small><\/h3><form action=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-comments-post.php\" method=\"post\" id=\"commentform\" class=\"comment-form\"><p class=\"comment-notes\"><span id=\"email-notes\">Your email address will not be published.<\/span> <span class=\"required-field-message\">Required fields are marked <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label for=\"comment\">Comment <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <textarea id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"65525\" required><\/textarea><\/p><p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label for=\"author\">Name <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"author\" name=\"author\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"245\" autocomplete=\"name\" required \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label for=\"email\">Email <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"100\" aria-describedby=\"email-notes\" autocomplete=\"email\" required \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label for=\"url\">Website<\/label> <input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" type=\"url\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"200\" autocomplete=\"url\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit wp-block-button\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" id=\"submit\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" value=\"Post Comment\" \/> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='5409' id='comment_post_ID' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' \/>\n<\/p><p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"603af05496\" \/><\/p><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"ak_js\" value=\"238\"\/><script>\ndocument.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );\n<\/script>\n<\/p><\/form>\t<\/div><!-- #respond -->\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you-2.png 480w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you-2-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thank_you-2-150x103.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click arrow to play In the past few years, I have learned that I get more done when I work on an every-other-day basis for the heavy-lifting type of &#8220;stuff&#8221;. 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