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 […]
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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 – S07E02 – Seven-Day Writing Week
Summary: Another very productive week – my first seven-day ‘writing’ week of the year! Still struggling on the motivation and enthusiasm front, but pushing through in the hopes that achievement will unlock the joy. Monday: I made it to the cafe for the first time in quite a while. I managed to get up […]
Weeknotes – S07E01 – Good Start!
Summary: A very productive start to 2023! Lots of progress on all fronts, though not as much enthusiasm as I would have hoped. Fake it till I make it? Monday: I played two new games over the New Year period, so I wrote my reviews. Tuesday: My alarm clock actually went off for […]
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 […]
Weeknotes – S06E51 – All Goals Achieved
Summary: Great Christmas week – all client work completed plus all targets for personal projects achieved. I’ve set myself up for a great start to 2023! Monday: My only remaining client editing project for the year was the reflective novella, so I did comments for a chunk of that this morning. I also edited […]
Motivational Misdirection
Brains are so weird… I’ve spent months trying to ‘get back into a proper routine’ and get my fifth novel back on my list to work on. I’ve made so many plans to go to the cafe and ‘really focus’, to alternate client and personal projects in my schedule, to keep working on stuff […]
Weeknotes – S06E50 – Push For Year End
Summary: I feel like this week went really well – I completed two whole client projects from start to finish and also started submitting my nonfiction book to agents, as well as keeping on top of podcast obligations. Monday: I started two new paid editing projects today – a book about sustainable parenting and […]
Weeknotes – S06E49 – Last Push to the End of the Year
Summary: Something clicked again this week and I revised the whole of my nonfiction book in one setting – with lots of paid work completed as well! Monday: With an evening theatre trip in town to keep me focused, I ventured to Picturehouse Central in the morning, with the intention of getting lots done […]