At this year’s NAWG-Fest in September, I met Cressida Downing, who was one of the tutors. She also runs reading retreats with her friend, Sara Noel, and I went on one this weekend just gone. I’ve been to lots of retreats over the last few years – generally for writing – but this was the […]
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Weeknotes – S01E11
Summary: Reading has been the order of the day this week, though I’ve also done quite a bit of planning for the new novel, which I’ve found really useful. Tuesday: I missed my usual writing date because I had to work on Monday, so I pledged to work on the new novel every evening […]
Weeknotes – S01E10
Summary: So, it turns out that if I have more time, I do get more stuff done on writing projects, as evidenced by the fact that I had this week off work, and have done project stuff on six out of seven days. Monday: Today required some personal dedication on my part. I had […]
Weeknotes – S01E09
Summary: Bits and pieces, here and there throughout the week. It didn’t feel like I was doing a lot, but what I did was useful and progressed several projects. And at least I kept my brain ticking over and working on stuff. Monday: I took myself off to Good & Proper quite […]
Weeknotes – S01E08
Summary: Two official writing days instead of one resulted in masses of stuff accomplished. Go figure. Monday: I met Ann for our usual writing date. I started with this month’s discussion post for GYWO, which had the title: “Feast or Famine: the pressure of fan expectations when your work seems to be doing too […]
It’s Not the Time You Have…
I’m at an Urban Writers Retreat day today, which is usually an excellent way to get tons of stuff done. And I have a long list of things I could be doing. But I’ve already finished the three main ones I wanted to complete (all of which turned out to be quite simple and quick) […]
Weeknotes – S01E07
Summary: On every day but Monday, I intended to go through some of my filled-up writing project notebooks and type up anything I want to keep or work on further. But I’ve been very low on sleep this week and found it impossible to motivate myself to do this, despite having plenty of time. I […]
A Daily Creativity Boost
A few weeks ago, I discovered Seempli.com and have been enjoying engaging with it ever since. It’s billed as a way to boost creativity, and it certainly seems to be working for me. I’m not the most observant person in the world. I originally failed my driving test on observation and awareness (kind of […]
Weeknotes – S01E06
Summary: Tons of stuff going on, both within my brain and without, this week. It feels like a renaissance of my creativity. Now I just have to capitalise on it and get some work done! Monday: I’ve been asking my subconscious crew for some insight into which big writing project I should launch into, […]
Weeknotes – S01E05
Summary: No actual writing this week, as I was mostly away on a group gaming holiday and decided to take a break. I could have done some over the weekend, when I was free and at home, but I had a three-day headache and not enough sleep, so I gave myself a pass and mostly […]