Summary: I’m definitely flagging on the novel-writing front, and all my paid editing projects ended on Friday (with none booked in for next week yet), so everything is feeling a bit precarious at the moment. But winning a prize was nice! Monday: I was up and at my desk by 8:30am. I wrote the […]
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Weeknotes – S07E21 – Solid Entry
Summary: I would say this week was a solid entry on the productivity, creativity and income-earning fronts. Monday: Up early but lots of faff, so didn’t settle down to work/writing until 9am, with a fairly extensive list to get through. I started, as planned, with the next Darkness scene, then alternated my two remaining […]
Weeknotes – S07E20 – Seven Days of Progress
Summary: A seven-day writing/editing week! The novel is still on track and there’s a lot of other good stuff going on, though my paid projects are all coming to an end, so I’m in panic-pitching mode, which is my least favourite part of the freelance cycle. Monday: I was up and ready to get […]
Weeknotes – S07E19 – Flexibility is Awesome
Summary: This was a good week for utilising my flexible freelance schedule to my advantage – good progress on all fronts and exciting work opportunities booked for the summer! Monday: We played a fun card game called Animalia, so I wrote my review. Tuesday: I had a pretty full list of stuff to […]
Weeknotes – S07E18 – Hit and Miss
Summary: A bit hit-and-miss this week. Good progress on the paid work front (which is useful because I’ve got a lot scheduled for the rest of the month) but perhaps less so on my own writing projects. Monday: I can’t believe it’s May already! I checked my tracking spreadsheet and I’ve worked on my […]
Weeknotes – S07E17 – Projects are Multiple and Varied
Summary: This was apparently a seven-day writing week! I don’t remember being particularly productive, but I’ll take it! I did branch out into some new and interesting projects, and it felt good to try something different and less pressured/vast than the novel. Monday: After taking most of last week off from my own writing, […]
Weeknotes – S07E17 – Goofing Off Is Sometimes Valid
Summary: I finished the novella! But I didn’t write any of the novel at all this week. I punted a fair amount of paid work to later in the month, too. But I also won an exciting new paid editing project and worked out a good schedule for the next few weeks. Monday: I […]
Weeknotes – S07E15 – Having A Moment
Summary: Things were a bit disrupted this week (mostly by fun caching adventures and impromptu meals out) but I had phenomenal writing days on Friday and Saturday, so feeling great! Monday: The last couple of weeks felt hard, with perhaps too much scheduled on each ‘work’ day. The experimental new schedule didn’t work for […]
Weeknotes – S07E14 – Trying Too Hard
Summary: Tons of writing and paid editing completed this week – everything going pretty well, though perhaps edging over into a bit too much scheduled! Monday: After somehow failing to write any Darkness at all last week, I put it back at the top of the schedule today and managed to write the next […]
Weeknotes – S07E13 – New Schedule Not That Great
Summary: I tried a new schedule but it didn’t work out entirely to plan – the novel suffered but I got tons of paid work done and made good progress on the novella. Monday: I put together a whole new schedule for the next few weeks, aiming to work on four mornings instead of […]