Summary: I’m really pleased with what I accomplished this week, and also over the course of the whole year. So now I can take a break over Christmas and feel good about my writing. Monday: New week, new attitude. I was determined to make some real progress today, so I set off for a […]
Author: Annie
Weeknotes – S03E50 – Stop and Start
Summary: A bit of a struggle on the productivity front, but I did manage to get some good stuff done, even if I didn’t make progress on the bigger fiction projects. Tuesday: I finished a book and wrote the review. Thursday: I wasn’t really feeling it on arrival at my writing date in […]
Weeknotes – S03E49 – It Might Really Happen!
Summary: What a week! Great news about Artisan and a tremendous amount of progress on all sorts of writing projects, plus cementing new writerly friendships online. Exhausting, but very satisfying! Monday: Off to Stickwick Manor for a four-day retreat with Urban Writers Retreats! But, before that, I got an email from the publisher I […]
Weeknotes – S03E48 – New Writing Community
Summary: Much improved in terms of actual writing done and feeling productive this week, largely due to the support and encouragement of TL;DR Writers! Monday: After errands in Enfield in the morning, I took myself off to Good and Proper to try and get in a decent stretch of writing before meeting Dave for […]
Weeknotes – S03E47 – Not Sure It Counts
Summary: I’ve recorded this week as seven straight writing days, but I’m not sure any of them really count as that, as I’ve only done blog posts, admin and reviews. But I’m recording it that way anyway and vowing to do better next week! Monday: I found out I’d won a writing competition I […]
Fun Competition Win!
Back in September, I entered the Fall 2019 Three Cheers And A Tiger contest from Toasted Cheese. Entrants were given 48 hours to write a story based on the prompt: “Write a fantasy or science fiction story under 5000 words that opens with something needlessly dramatic, which becomes actual drama when…” Comedy science-fiction isn’t really in […]
Death and The Princess
My short story, Death and The Princess, appears in Volume 2, Issue 3 of Selene Quarterly. You can buy a copy here.
Weeknotes – S03E46 – Where’s the Rest?
Summary: Yikes! My writing week apparently dropped off a cliff after two days… Monday: I got an acceptance for a drabble I submitted recently for an anthology, so I submitted another one to hopefully increase my contribution to three. I also updated my script for the next main podcast episode. Tuesday: I went […]
Weeknotes – S03E45 – A Change Is Better Than A Rest
Summary: No writing at all until Thursday, but then I made up for it with four great writing days in a row. Dedicated writing time away from home is always good for me. Thursday: Big plans for my writing session with Ann. I started out with a couple of reviews, then wrote my GYWO […]
Self-Imposed Exile
This weekend, I was supposed to be at a two-day writing workshop, which I had booked some time ago and was really looking forward to. I’ve been a bit scattered with my writing since completing the first draft of my second novel over the summer, and I thought I would benefit from some structure and […]