Recently, I had a meditation class, where the teacher talked about the importance of self-compassion, as part of a series on Cultivating Inner Friendship. During the discussion, I mentioned how difficult I found it to walk the path between self-care and productivity. I said that I understood the importance of accepting the situation with kindness, […]
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Weeknotes – S05E50 – A Bit Too Much On
Summary: Lots of paid editing going on, but not as much work on the novels as I’d hoped. I’m definitely learning that it’s not all that feasible to work on two novels at once, while also juggling a busy work schedule! Monday: I wasn’t sure about going to the cafe today, as it was […]
Weeknotes – S05E49 – The End is Nigh!
Summary: The episode numbers of this season of Weeknotes are getting scarily close to the end… Though, it looks like I’ll have 53 episodes, rather than 52, presumably because I started a bit early at the beginning. Monday: I have an awful lot of paid editing work between now and Christmas, which is great […]
Weeknotes – S05E48 – Getting Busy
Summary: It’s getting pretty busy on the paid editing front, towards the end of the year, which is great, as I’m taking the last week of December off and had feared there wouldn’t be enough work to tide me over. I also had a good week on the novels, though pressure of paid work meant […]
Weeknotes – S05E47 – Prioritising the novels
Summary: Lots of time to spend on my own writing/creative projects this week – I made good progress on both novels and completely caught up on podcast obligations. Lots of paid editing work got added to the schedule towards the end of the week. Monday: I finished writing my notes for the next podcast […]
Weeknotes – S05E46 – The Latest New Plan
Summary: I came up with yet another new plan for ensuring I make progress on my novels, as well as fitting in paid editing work. Monday: Got my Covid booster jab this morning, then went on to the cafe for the first time in two weeks. I started with a sample edit for an […]
You’ll Never Know If You Don’t Try!
On Halloween weekend, TL;DR Press ran a horror write-in. When I first heard about it, I misunderstood the format. I thought there was going to be a workshop at the beginning, going through horror-specific writing techniques and approaches, which was appealing to me because horror isn’t a genre I have much experience in writing. […]
Weeknotes – S05E45 – Attitude Readjustment
Summary: A solid amount of paid editing completed this week, plus an attitude shift towards the novel, which seems to have produced some good results. Monday: At home again today, with the flat to myself, as Dave went into the office. I started with a new editing project; case studies about water treatment businesses […]
Weeknotes – S05E44 – Staying at Home
Summary: Stayed at home all this week, but still managed to get a reasonable amount of writing and work done. Lots of interesting projects on the go! Monday: With Covid cases rising in the UK overall, and also in my local area, I decided to stay at home this week (I got pinged from […]
Weeknotes – S05E43 – Ups and Downs in Freelancing
Summary: The subconscious crew had a great week, coming up with lots of good stuff for novel number four. Things are slowing down on the paid editing front, though, as several promised projects got cancelled or delayed, and there weren’t as many new suitable postings to pitch for. Monday: Slightly weird start to the […]