Summary: Lots of time spent on writing projects this week, but not much in the way of actual writing. Planning, brainstorming, editing, and typing up notes are all really important things that need to be done, but it never feels like I’m making much progress when I spend time doing them. Monday: […]
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Weeknotes – S01E12
Summary: Not much in the way of writing progress this week – too many fun, social things got in the way! Monday: I helped Bear post his account of our marvellous weekend away at a reading retreat, and then posted my own account as well. Wednesday: I met Hannah for […]
The Luxury of Space and Time to Read
At this year’s NAWG-Fest in September, I met Cressida Downing, who was one of the tutors. She also runs reading retreats with her friend, Sara Noel, and I went on one this weekend just gone. I’ve been to lots of retreats over the last few years – generally for writing – but this was the […]
Weeknotes – S01E11
Summary: Reading has been the order of the day this week, though I’ve also done quite a bit of planning for the new novel, which I’ve found really useful. Tuesday: I missed my usual writing date because I had to work on Monday, so I pledged to work on the new novel every evening […]
Weeknotes – S01E10
Summary: So, it turns out that if I have more time, I do get more stuff done on writing projects, as evidenced by the fact that I had this week off work, and have done project stuff on six out of seven days. Monday: Today required some personal dedication on my part. I had […]
Weeknotes – S01E09
Summary: Bits and pieces, here and there throughout the week. It didn’t feel like I was doing a lot, but what I did was useful and progressed several projects. And at least I kept my brain ticking over and working on stuff. Monday: I took myself off to Good & Proper quite […]
Weeknotes – S01E08
Summary: Two official writing days instead of one resulted in masses of stuff accomplished. Go figure. Monday: I met Ann for our usual writing date. I started with this month’s discussion post for GYWO, which had the title: “Feast or Famine: the pressure of fan expectations when your work seems to be doing too […]
It’s Not the Time You Have…
I’m at an Urban Writers Retreat day today, which is usually an excellent way to get tons of stuff done. And I have a long list of things I could be doing. But I’ve already finished the three main ones I wanted to complete (all of which turned out to be quite simple and quick) […]
Weeknotes – S01E07
Summary: On every day but Monday, I intended to go through some of my filled-up writing project notebooks and type up anything I want to keep or work on further. But I’ve been very low on sleep this week and found it impossible to motivate myself to do this, despite having plenty of time. I […]
A Daily Creativity Boost
A few weeks ago, I discovered Seempli.com and have been enjoying engaging with it ever since. It’s billed as a way to boost creativity, and it certainly seems to be working for me. I’m not the most observant person in the world. I originally failed my driving test on observation and awareness (kind of […]