Summary: I got back into the swing of paid editing work and also made good progress on my own projects – so a good week all round! Monday: Last week, I approached several of my writer friends and asked if they’d be interested in doing a twice-weekly drop in/drop out focus session – and […]
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Weeknotes – Back to Reality…
Summary: The writing retreat was both more and less successful than I’d hoped – but still a lovely way to start the year! Now I really need to get back into a proper work mindset to get back to paid editing… Monday: I started my third full day on Urban Writers Retreat by going […]
Weeknotes – S08E01 – Hurrah for Retreats!
Summary: Re-starting paid work for 2024 went a bit awry but lots of novel revision planning done on retreat! Wednesday: It was back to work today with a new publisher client, copy editing a ‘based-on-a-true-story’ contemporary novel. I was at my desk like a proper worker bee by 9am – and did a little […]
Weeknotes – S07E52 – Reflecting and Planning
Summary: Lots of reflecting and planning this week, as is always the case at this time of year. Bring on 2024! Monday: I managed to avoid doing some work a client sent me on Christmas Day… So, there’s that… Tuesday: I finished a book (so many great new ones to read as of […]
Weeknotes – S07E51 – End of Year Overkill
Summary: My plan not to take on any more new paid work this week went a bit awry, since I edited three new books that weren’t previously on the schedule… I did also complete going through feedback comments on my novel, though, so I feel like I’m ending the year in a good place. […]
Weeknotes – S07E50 – Gaining Control
Summary: I feel like I got control of the train a bit more this week – I got pretty much everything done that I’d planned and I didn’t feel overwhelmed. I also took some much-needed time off to relax, so I think I reached an equilibrium. I’m still really looking forward to an extended break […]
The Butterfly Effect
So, it turns out that networking is an interesting thing, which seems to generate more and more of itself, the more you do… Which I guess makes sense – but the level to which it’s working out for me at the moment is quite astonishing! I was thinking about putting together an email […]
Weeknotes – S07E49 – The Train is Slowing…
Summary: It was another quite overwhelming week, but I feel like I eventually reached some kind of equilibrium – we’ll just have to see if it carries over into next week or if it’s just an illusion created by taking some time off at the weekend… Monday: My sleep was a bit disrupted again, […]
New Work Ethic…?
October and the first half of November were very slow on the work front for me. It’s not something I’ve experienced as a freelancer before – and it makes me realise how very lucky I’ve been with my editing business so far. It was very easy to begin with to just let everything slide […]
Weeknotes – S07E48 – Busy, Busy…
Summary: A bit hit and miss this week – I did a lot of paid work (yay!) but I also got stressed and overwhelmed about all the other things that necessarily fell by the wayside (boo!). Monday: Today was a sad day because the courier came to take my lovely little laptop away for […]