Weeknotes – S08E32 – Novel Going Well

Summary: Lots of good progress on my latest novel, which is great. Plus, teetering on the brink of a big paid editing project – just waiting for the client to press go!   Monday: It felt a bit more like I was back in the usual swing of things today – though a couple of […]

Weeknotes – S08E31 – Back to Reality

Summary: Back to reality after being on retreat – always a difficult transition. But softened by having interesting paid work to do and being enthusiastic about embarking on the first draft of my new novel.   Monday: It was back to reality today, after a glorious week away on retreat. I had plenty of paid […]

New Approach to Novel Writing

I’ve been writing novels for over ten years now, which is pretty wild to think about!   I’m calling my latest one number seven – though four has only reached novella length and six was non-fiction. Still, that’s quite a few, so you’d think I’d know what I was doing by now…   But no! […]

Weeknotes – S08E30 – Second retreat!

Summary: My second retreat was also great – and I finished outlining my new novel! I also lined up some great new paid editing projects to start on my return to real life, which was great.   Monday: Today was a travelling day – taxi from Tall Trees to Castle Cary, train back to Paddington, […]

Valuing the Small Things

  Do you sometimes find yourself doing the things you do every day or every week and not really paying attention to what you’re achieving. Or are there things someone close to you does on a regular basis that you take for granted? It’s very easy just to carry on with your regular routine and […]

Reviews Revisited – The Bone Season

This is a transcript of my most recent podcast episode – you can listen to it here.   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 […]

Weeknotes – S08E29 – Off on Retreat!

Summary: A great week of clearing the decks and then experiencing a fantastic writing retreat and meeting lots of lovely new people.   Monday: I was on countdown to going away, so I concentrated on getting as much paid editing work done as possible, alternating between Amie’s client novel, and the copy editing stage of […]

Weeknotes – S08E28 – Starting to Wind Down

Summary: It feels like I’m winding down before going away, even though I don’t leave until the end of the coming week! Still, a fair amount done on various fronts.   Tuesday: I did more copy editing on Carla’s novel and Amie’s client novel. After lunch, I used the Revision Club focus session to edit […]