Summary: Paid editing work is a bit thin on the ground at the moment – but I used my extra time well this week and wrote a ton of flash fiction! Monday: I had no paid editing work scheduled for today, but I was up early so I decided to try and treat the […]
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Weeknotes – S09E07 – Significant Activity
Summary: It was a pretty heavy paid editing week this week (hurrah!) but also a significant milestone in completing the writing accountability course I’ve been on for the last six months. Monday: I started the week with a goal-setting workshop for creatives at a co-working space in town. The main purpose for me was […]
Weeknotes – S09E06 – How Is It Week Six Already?
Summary: Both my brain and my schedule have presented obstacles for progressing my creative projects this week, and there hasn’t been all that much paid editing work, either. But that’s okay. But also – how is it half way through February already??? Monday: I spent some time in the morning prepping for the Creative […]
Expansion
Looking back over the last four years of being a freelance editor, it’s interesting to think about how the scope of my business has changed. At first, I was taking any and all jobs anyone would throw my way, so there was a lot of short form content, blog posts, articles and books I […]
Weeknotes – S09E05 – Coming Down
Summary: It turns out coming back from an intense, transformational retreat weekend is not conducive to being productive for the rest of the week… Monday: It was sad to leave our happy retreat group back in London after an amazing weekend – I feel so lucky and grateful to have been a part […]
Fixed Vs Growth Mindset
Do you ever find yourself thinking, “I’ve never been able to do X, so there’s no point trying”? Or viewing yourself in a particular way because “that’s the way it’s always been”? That kind of thinking is called a fixed mindset and it can throw up all sorts of obstacles to you achieving your […]
Reviews Revisited – A Gentleman in Moscow
This is the transcript of my latest Reviews Revisited 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: […]
Weeknotes – S09E04 – Superlative Cromer Retreat
Summary: Some ups and downs this week – but overall all a lot more of the former than the latter, due to finishing the first draft of my current novel and a lot of support / encouragement / collaboration / connection / love from various amazing groups of writing / editing friends. Monday: I […]
Weeknotes – S09E03 – Solid Week
Summary: This felt like a very solid writing/editing week, with plenty of paid client work completed and also progress on various of my own creative projects. Monday: I edited another chunk of the client RPG text and also started developmental feedback on a previous client’s queer historical romance novel, which was a lot of […]
The Christmas Lights
My short story, The Christmas Lights, has been published in a collection of ghost stories by Novel in a Day – you can download it here!