Summary: A good week for both paid editing projects and personal creative projects – lots of progress on all fronts! Monday: I focused on editing the prison memoir today because I started with it and then got interested in what was going to happen next. So, I had to rejig my schedule a bit, […]
Author: Annie
Do You Understand Your Writing Brain?
I do not understand my writing brain at all. I’ve been writing stories since before I can remember. I wrote Care Bears fanfiction before I knew that fanfiction was even a thing. I spent my teens making up stories about girls with ponies. I spent my 20s contributing to the wealth of Stargate SG-1 and […]
Weeknotes – S08E46 – It’s Okay to Take a Break
Summary: A bit lacking in motivation this week, but still some good stuff done. And it’s okay to rest and relax and not be doing all of the things all of the time! Monday: I travelled back from mid-Wales, where I had spent three glorious days on a reading retreat. Tuesday: I woke […]
Transactional vs Transformational
Do you ever find yourself worrying about how much you might owe one of your friends after a night out? Or what to get a friend for their birthday, just because they got you something last year? Keeping track of what your friends do for you and trying to make sure you reciprocate to an […]
Weeknotes – S08E45 – Podcast-tastic
Monday: It was a very full day today. I worked on my current paid editing projects – a YA historical novel and a Regency romance. I also had a productive coaching session with Sean from A Write and A Pint. I resisted the temptation to cancel my afternoon online focus session and completed the next […]
Reviews Revisited – Mockingjay
This is the transcript of my latest podcast episode. Hello and welcome to Resurrected Reviews Revisited, part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast. I’m Annie and, in each Reviews episode, I pick something I’ve reviewed sometime since 2005, reread or rewatch it, and then compare my reactions. Fair warning: there will be […]
Weeknotes – S08E44 – Sometimes a Break is Productive
Summary: I gave myself permission not to write my novel this week, but my brain decided to work on it anyway! Monday: After a weekend away, I had a full morning of paid editing work today. I started copy editing a new kids’ book about baseball for a repeat client, and I also edited […]
Weeknotes – S08E43 – Not All Go All The Time
Summary: A fairly light week in terms of time set aside for writing and writing-adjacent things – but two scenes of the novel done so that’s at least something! Monday: I had a very slow start to the week and decided to rejig my paid editing work schedule so I didn’t have to do […]
Rebookings, Referrals, Reciprocation
If someone were to ask me now, how to set up a successful freelance editing business – I would have to say, I have no idea! It’s been over three-and-a-half years since I quit my office job and went freelance (though it was actually the other way around) and I couldn’t really tell you how […]