Summary: This was technically a seven-day writing week, though it didn’t feel like I did an awful lot – either of paid work or my own projects. Must resurrect a decent work ethic next week, as I suddenly have quite a lot on! Monday: I wrote a review of a book I finished over […]
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Weeknotes – S07E43 – Must Try Harder
Summary: My work ethic has definitely taken a nose-dive again, despite external accountability strategies – must try harder! Monday: I edited the next chapter of the spiritual book and also went through a submission package for a women’s fiction novel in detail. Dave and I also looked at extracts from another book to analyse […]
Weeknotes – S07E42 – Yay for Freelance Flexibility
Summary: A heavy cold pretty much wiped out the second half of this week (hurrah for freelance flexibility taking the pressure of being ill) but Writing Club was much better this week and I got my novel back in my head in good time for starting Revision Club next week. Yay for clubs! Tuesday: […]
Weeknotes – S04E41 – Up and Down and Around
Summary: A bit up and down this week with both paid work and my own writing – but I got re-motivated in the end. Monday: I had a huge list of stuff to get through today! I started with a long-delayed paid editing project that finally came back to me over the weekend – […]
Productivity Through Letting Go
The brain is a weird – and sometimes quite annoying – thing… Lately, I’ve been struggling with motivation in terms of getting on with my personal creative projects. I haven’t done any knitting in months, I haven’t written a new short story since April, I’m only keeping up with podcast prep and Stanley’s online content […]
Weeknotes – S07E40 – Paid Work is Easier
Summary: Not much progress on my own project this week, but still lots of great paid work going on, and more projects in the pipeline. It’s unsurprising that it’s much easier to motivate myself to to my paid work than my own stuff… Monday: I did a sample edit for a prospective new client […]
Weeknotes – S07E39 – Productivity All Around
Summary: Pretty good week, all told. I did my usual freelance panic – oh no, all my paid projects are ending on Friday – oh wait, now I suddenly have three more! Also lots of – it’s fine if I don’t do anything productive today – okay, so now I want to do all the […]
Weeknotes – S07E38 – Novel-tastic!
Summary: I feel really good about what I achieved this week, both on the paid front and the personal projects front (after a slot start to the week on my own writing) – lots of exciting stuff going on! Monday: I had big plans to get through a big list of stuff today – […]
Weeknotes – S07E37 – Slacking Off Is Allowed
Summary: I slacked off a bit this week – so future me is going to be annoyed with me next week! Still, I got a certain amount one and it’s important to take breaks! Tuesday: Back to work after a long weekend off! I edited a chunk of the supernatural thriller and wrote reviews […]
Seduced By The Shinies
I wrote the first draft of my fifth novel in the first half of 2023 (which I’m very proud of, since it was a slog and I had to keep forcing myself to work on it, but I’m really pleased with the eventual result). I have useful comments from my wonderful editor, Amie, and […]