Summary: My second retreat was also great – and I finished outlining my new novel! I also lined up some great new paid editing projects to start on my return to real life, which was great. Monday: Today was a travelling day – taxi from Tall Trees to Castle Cary, train back to Paddington, […]
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Reviews Revisited – The Bone Season
This is a transcript of my most recent podcast episode – you can listen to it here. Hello and welcome to Resurrected Reviews Revisited, part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast. I’m Annie and, in each Reviews episode, I pick something I’ve reviewed sometime since 2005, reread or rewatch it, and […]
Weeknotes – S08E29 – Off on Retreat!
Summary: A great week of clearing the decks and then experiencing a fantastic writing retreat and meeting lots of lovely new people. Monday: I was on countdown to going away, so I concentrated on getting as much paid editing work done as possible, alternating between Amie’s client novel, and the copy editing stage of […]
Weeknotes – S08E28 – Starting to Wind Down
Summary: It feels like I’m winding down before going away, even though I don’t leave until the end of the coming week! Still, a fair amount done on various fronts. Tuesday: I did more copy editing on Carla’s novel and Amie’s client novel. After lunch, I used the Revision Club focus session to edit […]
Weeknotes S08E27 – Permission
Summary: Bit of a switch-around on the paid editing schedule but it all worked out – on the project front, mostly gave myself permission not to be productive, but still got some stuff done. Monday: I split my morning between editing Carla’s novel and reviewing the first 10k words of a historical romance for […]
Releasing the To-Do List
A couple of weeks ago, I tested positive for Covid for the third time in two years. The first time, in July 2022, I was quite ill and the horrible sense of brain fog lasted a few months, making it difficult to concentrate, which was very unpleasant. The second time, in November 2023, I had […]
Weeknotes – S08E26 – Enjoying Going Back to Work!
Summary: Back to work but in a gentle, enjoyable way. Also progress on lots of podcast projects, but now I’m going to take a bit of a break from that for a while. Monday: After my glorious week off (in which I was admittedly ill and also actually did a ton of non-paid-work stuff), […]
Weeknotes – S08E25 – Covid Strikes Again!
Summary: An impromptu week off work due to Covid led to a lovely, restful time, mostly reading and playing games. Monday: Every plan I had for this week was disrupted this morning by the discovery that I have Covid… So I cancelled all my outings and settled down to get some work done – […]
Reviews Revisited – Piranesi
This is a transcript of my most recent podcast episode – listen here. Hello and welcome to Resurrected Reviews Revisited, part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast. I’m Annie and, in each Reviews episode, I pick something I’ve reviewed sometime since 2005, reread or rewatch it, and then compare my reactions. […]
Weeknotes – S08E24 – Revitalised Project
Summary: I put several very old creative projects back on my list this week, finished my biggest paid editing project to date, and felt pleasingly motivated about all my current writing/editing. Monday: In the morning, I chugged along a bit more with editing the RPG game text I’ve been working on for many weeks […]