“Today, my secretary told me that she would notate at least 3,000 words for me, and then proceeded to stare blankly at the wall as I dictated. Nothing was recorded. My word count has not increased. I believe the lack of proper medication is the cause, but…”

“Even if she picks up her prescription tomorrow (which she will), it may be as long as two weeks before it truly takes effect. This in mind, I asked her to do some research for the upcoming tarot card scene, but was met with little success. She did, in fact, go to google and searched for "tarot reading for beginners,” but balked at the amount of text on the first result and returned to watching her husband play Assassin’s Creed 4.“

”…this was at least good research for the assassin’s outfit for the thief character in my novel, though the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean is stuck in my head, now, despite not being featured in this video game at all. Effectively, nothing was accomplished.“