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 […]
Author: Annie
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!
Weeknotes – S09E02 – Back to Reality
Summary: It was tough, coming back to the real world after Christmas, New Year and a week’s writing retreat – but I did it! Client work – check! Novel writing – check! Short stories – check! Podcast – check! Monday: I was still trying to get used to rejoining the world after Christmas, New […]
Goals for 2025
It’s no secret that I’ve been struggling with finding the joy in my writing of late. Drafting my current novel is largely going really well, but I am definitely looking forward to finishing it and sending it off for feedback. A while ago, I contemplated what it would feel like, once this draft is […]
Weeknotes – S09E01 – New Year Off to A Great Start!
Summary: One of my best writing retreats ever! I wrote over 8,000 words of my current novel and SEVEN entirely new 1,000+ word short stories! Monday: Off to Stickwick for my first writing retreat of 2025! I completed the Year Compass for the transition from 2024 to 2025 on the train, which felt like […]
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you’ve dedicated time, effort and/or money to something and that makes it difficult to see when it’s time to let it go? That’s called the sunk cost fallacy and it can be really hard sometimes to recognise when that’s what you’re experiencing and do something about […]