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This is MJ. I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. You can find all my work

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at MJMunoz.com. Welcome to Story Over Everything, episode 38 for October 14th through 20th,

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2023. I have my author's log for Grow Bug Tales, chapter 11 in this episode. And I just

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have a minute or two of commentary because I'm getting this episode out later than I'm

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supposed to, or than I wanted to. I know you're not supposed to mention that if you have a

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balance, but here I am mentioning it because I'm a rule breaker, I'm a rebel, I'm a...

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Anyway, so I am struggling to find the balance. I'm building back towards finding the balance.

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I believe the last six days in a row, or at least the 13th through the 20th, 14th through

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the 20th, I wrote and I drew ten minutes a day each, and that's really good. I'm very

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happy with that. I need to push myself forward a little bit more. Saturday, I did not write

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or draw. Sunday, which is when I'm actually recording this, the 22nd, I did. And I am

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pleased with that, but it's taken me forever to get this podcast recorded and put out there.

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And last week I forgot to publish my podcast on YouTube, even though it's available on

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the RSS feed and basically on all the podcatchers, which is a good thing. But I failed to go all

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the way and get it done the right way. And it's a combination of I don't have enough

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time, and I'm rushing, and I also want to build the buffer. I'm slowly building that

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buffer and maybe even I'll put my podcast episodes on a buffer as well, which maybe

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I can use my mining leaves to help me do that because that would be smart, actually. So,

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or skimming leaves, sorry. So anyway, without further ado, I'm going to go ahead and open

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up the author's log and let you hear what I had to say, what I put into these books,

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or what I put into the chapter 11 of Grow Big Tales over the course of this week. And

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with that, I'm going to go ahead and cut to the other me. My 10 minute writing session

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for October 14th, 2023 reads thus, I'm in Grow Big Tales chapter 10, or chapter 11,

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23. What is it, Sherp? Quiver whispered. What do you think they're doing now? Tut and the

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Guardians, Sherp asked eagerly, nearly forgetting to whisper.

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Softly, Hum admonished. Quiver scooted closer to Sherp and somehow whispered more quietly

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than he had before. I think Watcher, Tut and the Guardians are prepared for the enemy to

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attack. I probably shouldn't whisper on that. They're probably hiding by the defense engines

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waiting for an attack. I hope they're all well hidden and have to fight at all because

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the enemy isn't here to fight us. I hope we misread their flight pattern. Really? Sherp

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exclaimed. Hum gave a warning look. Sorry, Sherp whispered, then turned to Quiver and

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said, I didn't write down how long that took to write. It was 112 words though.

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My 10 minute writing session for October 15, 2023. I am still in Grow Big Tales chapter

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11. You hope they don't have to fight? Why? Sherp, you know why, Quiver said. He didn't

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want to say it. Because they might die, Sherp asked. Quiver was silent. But this is what

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we're made for, she snapped back. Not all of us. Don't you think we're meant for more

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than fighting? Lose knows best and so made us to be keepers and seers too. Don't forget

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about Watchers, Hum interjected in a sing-song tone. Right, but what do Watchers watch for?

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Sherp argued. Watchers help guide and train Grow Bugs. From grubs to cadets, Quiver answered

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slowly. But why? Sherp pushed back. To protect them, just like they're supposed to help and

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protect human children. Because that's what Grow Bugs do, Quiver said with an air of finality.

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It took me 12 minutes to write and it was 127 words.

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My 10 minute writing session for October 16, 2023 is in, it's taking place in chapter 11

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of Grow Bug Tales and it reads like this. How can you protect anyone else if you don't

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protect yourself first, Sherp demanded. Well, Quiver started. And how can you protect yourself

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if you don't want to fight if you can't fight? Sherp plowed on. The purpose of Grow Bugs

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is to fight and destroy hobnots. The whole of our lives is centered on going out and

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stopping hobnots to save children from them. We learn to fight them and grow stronger so

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we can be better keepers. Keepers help us develop into cadets, then train us to become

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warriors. Seers find us hobnots to fight and guardians go out to fight them. Watchers even

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act as guardians because that's what they are. They are the highest order of guardian

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of Grow Bugs, given the most power to protect by fighting our enemies no matter what form

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they take. Quiver shifted uncomfortably until he finally said, I didn't know all watchers

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were once guardians. That took me 10 minutes to write and that was 152 words.

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For October 17, 2023, my 10 minute writing session is like this. This is from Grow Bug

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Tales Chapter 11. Cadets, I was never a guardian. Hum corrected. You weren't? Sherp asked. I've

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always been a keeper. I felt drawn to the care of my fellow Grow Bugs since before my

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metamorphosis. Once I even hum broke off. Watch her hum. Sherp prodded. Wait. Quiver

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cautioned. She's seen. Oh, Sherp gawked as hum saw and heard something from a distance

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away. The powers of the Seers were subtle. Sherp didn't do subtle. That took me 12 minutes

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to write and that was 70 words. For October 18, 2023, my 10 minute writing session in

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Grow Bug Tales Chapter 11 reads thus. I understand glimmer. Hum paused, turning her attention

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elsewhere. Quiver and Sherp looked at each other and back at hum concerned about what

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they couldn't see or hear that the watcher could. There is much fear and worry in the

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camp. I will help to ease everyone here. You have done valiantly, child. Hum turned to

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her charges and said, it looks like we could all use some help with being quiet. Hum glowed

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with a soft warm light and sent out a song of soothing to each young Grow Bug in reach.

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Quiver and Sherp settled down and forgot about their ideological differences for a time.

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The Grow Bug cadets and Grow Grubs heard the song from within and each one felt their worry

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melt away. Thoughts of danger and destruction didn't leave their minds. Those ideas became

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abstract, distant. Each Grow Bug felt he or she was doing exactly what Luz demanded of

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him or her and so felt content with whatever awaited them. All was Luz and Luz was all.

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So in the end, the details were nothing to be sad or distressed over. That took me 12

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minutes to write and that was 184 words. For my 10 minute writing session, October 19,

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23, I am continuing to write Grow Bug Tales, Chapter 11.

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Come out, everyone, Watcher Tut's voice cut through Hum's soothing song with warmth and

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triumph. We are no longer in danger. It is time to celebrate our victory. Tut laughed.

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Wow, they're the best, Sherp exclaimed. You're too loud, Quiver chided Sherp.

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Back so soon, Hum wondered. Watcher Tut, we're here. Sherp wriggled her

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way through the hiding nest she, Quiver and Hum were in.

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No, don't, Hum cried. What's wrong? Sherp asked, confused. Stay here. Stay safe. Be

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strong. Hum whispered to Quiver, then made her way out of the nest.

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Watcher? Sherp hesitated. Where is everyone? Hum pulled Sherp close to her and surveyed

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the area. A fine mist clung to everything in the camp. It swirled unnaturally as if

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searching. Hum stretched out with her mind to quell the fears of the hidden Grow Bugs

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all around her. The mist seemed to rest on the nests where they lay hidden. Ahead of

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her, the mist swirled and pushed itself in between the cracks. Terror spiked through

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the keepers and cadets hidden therein. That took 15 minutes to write and that was 174

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words. For October 20th, 23, this is my 10 minute

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writing session in Grow Bug Tales Chapter 11.

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And three nests of concealment burst asunder as mock wings formed from their mists, their

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bodies taking form from the gathering of the swirling mists. Keepers lashed out at the

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predators with tendrils of light. Grow Bug cadets skittered and scattered in frenzied

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terror. Mock wings croaked and gave chase, making for a chaotic cacophony that added

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to the confusion. Hum left chirp gawking as she entered the fight with a ferocity unseen

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in her by any of her youngest charges. The keepers gathered all the Grow Bugs together

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and formed a defensive circle around them to ward off any. That took me 12 minutes to

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write and I wrote 87 words. So after I put the episode together, which

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I just have come back from, it's given me an opportunity to think about what happened

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and why it took me so long to put up this episode. And I'm not 100% sure. I know I need

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to fine tune my workflow a little bit. I think that's the problem. Really ideally what I

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should do is I should do my 10 minute recording of whatever sort. I should do the commentary

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on it and package that up into a video and get that produced and then get that uploaded.

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Uploaded to YouTube or wherever. Get my audio file converted from it if need be and also

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throw it into the document that I have for the next story over everything episode. That

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workflow would make sense and whether I'm doing an episode that week that I've produced

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all the content for that week or if I'm stacking up content like I want to and I'll be releasing

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stuff a month or two months or just a week or two down the line. I should go ahead and

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keep out that workflow and I guess along with the living life 10 minutes at a time with

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my writing and drawing I think I need to follow that up with keeping my workflow nice and

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tidy so that I'm not having to go back and remember and make up thumbnails or grab screenshots

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or whatever. And also like the way I need to make sure I'm grabbing thumbnails from

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stuff as I'm doing it as well. That way just in case I need, YouTube doesn't automatically

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get a good thumbnail or even for the blog post so I can have a good thumbnail I need

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to make sure I grab that at the beginning of the process too. Like I'm doing a good

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job of generating the content for my thumbnail what they're going to be because I'm just

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grabbing it from the information that I'm putting on the screen at the beginning of

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the video for like 10 or 15 seconds as I'm ramping up into it but I failed to capture

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that and then now I'm thinking well I'm going to go back and grab that for different videos.

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So that's you know less than ideal and I want the, I'm putting the information there because

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it helps me produce the video but then I was forgetting to put it there to also help me

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well, produce it you know in the best way I possibly can which means utilizing every

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bit of that to make my process as efficient as possible. So anyway taking the time to

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reflect and think about everything is good. I think it's going to be a little tidier

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a little neater for next week. I certainly hope so. So here's hoping and cheers take

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care of yourself until next time folks. This is MJ signing out.

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I hope you enjoyed that. Go to MJMunoz.com to leave any questions, comments or other

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