Weeknotes – S07E05 – More Frog-Eating

Summary: Frog-eating the novel is still working as planned and I picked up some chunky paid projects to keep me busy for most of February. We’re a bit behind on the podcast, but it’s supposed to be fun, so there’s no use putting ourselves under undue pressure over it.   Monday: Sticking with my ‘eat […]

Weeknotes – S07E04 – Breaking Ground

Summary: First draft of fifth novel has begun! Prioritising it at the start of each ‘work’ day has been very successful, and I haven’t had any trouble getting my paid work done afterwards.   Monday: I planned a full cafe day and was set up and ready to get started by 9am. I decided to […]

Weeknotes – S07E03 – Attitude Shift

Sunday: Not much concrete progress this week, but that was deliberate. What was unexpected was a major shift in my attitude towards starting novel number five, which was awesome!   Monday: I did a sample edit for a prospective client. I also finished the new Christmas ghost story I started last week, and submitted it […]

Weeknotes – S06E52 – The End of 2022

Summary: Mostly reviews this week, but I also had new thoughts about current writing projects, which is encouraging for launching into 2023 with a plan to make lots of progress.   Wednesday: We played two new games over Christmas, so I wrote my reviews.   Thursday: I got an offer on Upwork for a very […]

Round-up of 2022

When initially thinking about writing this blog post, my brain told me I hadn’t really achieved anything much this year. I remembered all the times I struggled with motivation, how little progress I made on my new novel after the initial rush of enthusiasm, the despondency that came from getting a lot of rejections from […]