One of my main goals for 2024 was to finally join the CIEP and reach Professional level membership, at which point you get listed on the ‘approved editors’ directory, and may or may not get lots of great editing work… So far, it’s been going pretty well overall. To move from Entry level […]
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Weeknotes – S08E14 – Just About Holding On To Balance
Summary: Still pretty obsessed with my new podcast project, but I did also manage to focus on other things too along the way! Lots of great paid editing work on the docket too, so that’s nice! Monday: I edited another good chunk of both the thriller and the romance novel, both of which took […]
Being Intentional With Your Time
Do you ever find yourself rushing around, trying to do three things at once and never feeling as if you have time to take a breath? And then, when you do finally stop and take a rest, you fall into patterns of scrolling social media or binge-watching whatever you happen to find first on your […]
Weeknotes – S08E13 – New Project, New Obsession…
Summary: I have a new project that’s eating all my attention and energy – here’s hoping I can fold it into the schedule without overdoing it or letting anything else slide too much… Monday: It was great to have a clean slate and be able to start some new client projects today – though […]
Resurrecting Reviews Revisited!
[This is a transcript of a resurrected series of solo podcast episodes I’m starting, as part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast I co-host monthly with my husband, Dave – if you prefer, you can listen to it instead.] Hello, and welcome to Will You Still Love It Tomorrow. I’m Annie. In […]
Weeknotes – S08E12 – Unexpected seven-day writing week!
Summary: It really doesn’t feel as if I’ve achieved much at all this week – but apparently it’s technically been a seven-day writing week! So, I must have done some stuff… I’ve also got a lot of really great paid editing work on this schedule, which is very nice. Monday: Back to work today, […]
Business Mastermind Groups
Back in October 2023, I attended an online conference for freelance editors, entered a prize draw – and won! My prize was a free place on a Networking for Editors course, during which one of the things recommended to me was business mastermind groups. These are small groups (usually 3-5 people, as I […]
Weeknotes – S08E11 – New Projects Derailed By Illness
Summary: This week’s work and writing both got derailed by a bad cold – but it just made me really grateful that I have such flexibility in my schedule, so I could take a few days off without it causing any problems. Monday: New week, new client projects! I started editing dialogue for a […]
Weeknotes – S08E10 – Why Don’t I Want to Write My Novel?
Monday: I started this week’s work with a paid sample edit of a short story for a potential new client, which was fun. Then I worked on both the teen life skills book and the Revision Club novel, so a great range of projects – I love my job! The afternoon, however, was a different […]
Challenging the Narrative
Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by thoughts about things you haven’t done, tasks you haven’t achieved, how little you’ve managed to accomplish during a certain time period? I know my human, Annie, does – and it seems to me as if a lot of people have these kinds of thoughts running through their head […]