Summary: Less achieved overall this week compared to recent times, but that’s okay. Still good progress on all fronts. Monday: New client projects – hurrah! I spent the morning alternating between two nonfiction books – one about volunteering and one about coaching – and the RPG text corrections. I also edited a short piece […]
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Weeknotes – S08E17 – Three Months Ahead
Summary: I’m in the unprecedented situation of having paid editing work booked in till the end of July (I’m usually only working on a fortnightly cycle of panic), which is nice! Still making progress on the novel and trying not to let podcast stuff take over everything else. Monday: It was back to editing […]
Reviews Revisited – The Secret History
This is the script from my latest podcast episode – you can find the recording 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 some time since 2005, reread or rewatch it, and […]
Weeknotes – S08E16 – Do Less To Do More
Summary: I’m liking ‘taking a day off’ that turns into getting a ton of useful stuff done that usually slips off the bottom of the to-do list! Monday: I finished editing the interview book and sent it back to the author for review and approval. I also edited a large chunk more of the […]
Weeknotes – S08E15 – Reading, Reading, Reading
Summary: I’m on a real reading kick at the moment – long may it continue! Some good paid work going on, and also progress on the novel too. Monday: Two new client projects to start today – but, even more exciting, actually repeat clients! For both (action/adventure novel and interview skills book), I did […]
Mind Over Matter
One of my main goals for 2024 was to finally join the CIEP and reach Professional level membership, at which point you get listed on the ‘approved editors’ directory, and may or may not get lots of great editing work… So far, it’s been going pretty well overall. To move from Entry level […]
Weeknotes – S08E14 – Just About Holding On To Balance
Summary: Still pretty obsessed with my new podcast project, but I did also manage to focus on other things too along the way! Lots of great paid editing work on the docket too, so that’s nice! Monday: I edited another good chunk of both the thriller and the romance novel, both of which took […]
Weeknotes – S08E13 – New Project, New Obsession…
Summary: I have a new project that’s eating all my attention and energy – here’s hoping I can fold it into the schedule without overdoing it or letting anything else slide too much… Monday: It was great to have a clean slate and be able to start some new client projects today – though […]
Resurrecting Reviews Revisited!
[This is a transcript of a resurrected series of solo podcast episodes I’m starting, as part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast I co-host monthly with my husband, Dave – if you prefer, you can listen to it instead.] Hello, and welcome to Will You Still Love It Tomorrow. I’m Annie. In […]
Weeknotes – S08E12 – Unexpected seven-day writing week!
Summary: It really doesn’t feel as if I’ve achieved much at all this week – but apparently it’s technically been a seven-day writing week! So, I must have done some stuff… I’ve also got a lot of really great paid editing work on this schedule, which is very nice. Monday: Back to work today, […]