Posted on 11 January 2021 09:54
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Back to the day job this week after a long festive break. It wasn’t too bad overall - I kept on top of work without getting stressed and I kept to my scheduled writing time, focusing on the one most important thing (Colours) each time, and also getting some other useful stuff done. I’m reminding myself that all progress is good progress.
Read morePosted on 04 January 2021 09:08
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A solid innings for my first official writing week of 2021. I faced some obstacles and didn’t get as much done as I’d planned, but I focused on the most important things and revised my expectations of some of the others. Happy overall!
Read morePosted on 28 December 2020 14:27
It may only be 28th December 2020, and 2021 may not actually start for another four days. And the official Week One of the 2021 calendar may not be until 4th January… But I’m starting my new writing year today!
Read morePosted on 28 December 2020 09:13
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Officially, there are 53 weeks in 2020 and 2021 starts on 4 January, but I’m calling it now and starting 2021 early! An excellent last writing week of 2020, setting me up for a great start to 2021. I made progress on several projects, did some good planning activities, and got the release date for my debut novel!
Read morePosted on 21 December 2020 09:26
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Lots of planning this week, ramping up my enthusiasm, goals, schedule and targets for the start of 2021.
Read morePosted on 14 December 2020 10:04
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Despite forgetting (yet again) that trying to write every day quickly leads to burn out for me, I did manage to get some useful stuff done here and there this week in the end.
Read morePosted on 07 December 2020 10:00
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Lots of excellent brain sparkage this week! Talking through ideas and fielding difficult questions prompted the good old subconscious crew to work overtime, so it’s been an exciting week on the writing front!
Read morePosted on 30 November 2020 09:25
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The joy is definitely back! But I’m taking it slow, trying not to put too much pressure on my writing, in case it goes away again… Lots of good stuff this week, but in small chunks.
Read morePosted on 23 November 2020 10:15
I had big plans for my second novel this year.
I was going to finish the second draft, send it out for feedback from my beta readers, complete revisions based on that feedback, polish up a final draft and submit it to my publisher for consideration - all by the end of June!
Read morePosted on 22 November 2020 20:31
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Some great prep work early in the week, leading into my at-home retreat, which went extremely well. As ever, once I actually got started, it didn’t turn out to be as hard as I expected.
Read morePosted on 16 November 2020 10:25
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Fluctuating motivation and progress this week, but still progress overall.
Read morePosted on 09 November 2020 08:28
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The start of the week was all about forcing myself to stick to the schedule, but the end of the week was all about enthusiasm, all thanks to a new course I started. So, yay for self-reflection, encouragement and community!
Read morePosted on 02 November 2020 09:20
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Scheduling and trying to stick to a specific plan worked out this week. It was always tough to get going, but by the end of the week I made good progress on my second novel and felt like I was getting back on track with it.
Read morePosted on 26 October 2020 08:50
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I kept myself to my new writing plan and made good progress on all fronts, working on three different novels throughout the week.
Read morePosted on 22 October 2020 08:18
My last blog post saw me clearing the decks to focus on my second novel throughout September, in the hopes that I might finish my next round of revisions and have it in decent shape to submit to my publisher in November. That's definitely not going to happen.
Read morePosted on 19 October 2020 08:37
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Lots of editing, both of my novel and someone else’s.
Read morePosted on 12 October 2020 08:46
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Mostly not writing this week as I was on holiday and doing other things. But I kept my hand in and knuckled down on my return home.
Read morePosted on 05 October 2020 09:27
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Not much on the writing project front this week, and unlikely to be much progress next week either - but then the big push to the end of the year will begin!
Read morePosted on 28 September 2020 14:37
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Bits and pieces completed here and there this week - nothing major but still progress on several fronts.
Read morePosted on 21 September 2020 08:54
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Going great guns on the final novel edits and really enjoying it, which is a very pleasant surprise. Everything else has pretty much fallen off the to-do list, but that’s okay, because the novel is the most important thing.
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