Summary: Lots of clearing things off lists this week, reflecting on the past year and looking forward to new opportunities, new writing, new books for 2025! Monday: I woke up with ideas in my head about the last third of my current novel, A Wizard Calls My Name, so I added some more notes […]
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Reflections on 2024
I have an exercise I do at the end of each year, where I track the number of hours of paid work I completed across the year (329.5), the total amount I earned for those hours (£20,275), and therefore my average hourly rate (£62). This year, I worked 62 hours fewer than in 2023, but […]
Weeknotes – S08E50 – Glorious Reading Retreat
Summary: This was mostly a reading retreat week – glorious! But I did manage to fit some writing/editing/creative stuff around the edges. Monday: It was a busy day today! I worked on editing my current big paid client project in the morning – a YA fantasy novel – and also had a coaching call […]
Weeknotes – S08E49 – The End is Nigh
Summary: Lots of podcasting this week, which is always fun. Plus a decent amount of paid work to tide me over into the new year. Monday: With excellent timing, my next paid editing project dropped into my inbox last night, so I spent a very pleasant morning copy editing a lovely queer romance novella. […]
Reviews Revisited – Five-Star Book Search
This is the transcript of my latest podcast episode. Hello and welcome to Resurrected Reviews Revisited, part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast. I’m Annie and, usually, in each Reviews episode, I pick something I’ve reviewed sometime since 2005, reread or rewatch it, and then compare my reactions. Fair warning: there […]
Weeknotes – S08E48 – IRL Meetups are the Best!
Summary: Great to hang out with writer friends in real life this week – a real boost! And lots of good paid work done, too. Monday: I had no paid editing work to do this morning, though I did have to write a very long explanation to a client as to why what he […]
Weeknotes – S08E47 – All Progress is Good Progress
Summary: A good week for both paid editing projects and personal creative projects – lots of progress on all fronts! Monday: I focused on editing the prison memoir today because I started with it and then got interested in what was going to happen next. So, I had to rejig my schedule a bit, […]
Do You Understand Your Writing Brain?
I do not understand my writing brain at all. I’ve been writing stories since before I can remember. I wrote Care Bears fanfiction before I knew that fanfiction was even a thing. I spent my teens making up stories about girls with ponies. I spent my 20s contributing to the wealth of Stargate SG-1 and […]
Weeknotes – S08E46 – It’s Okay to Take a Break
Summary: A bit lacking in motivation this week, but still some good stuff done. And it’s okay to rest and relax and not be doing all of the things all of the time! Monday: I travelled back from mid-Wales, where I had spent three glorious days on a reading retreat. Tuesday: I woke […]
Weeknotes – S08E45 – Podcast-tastic
Monday: It was a very full day today. I worked on my current paid editing projects – a YA historical novel and a Regency romance. I also had a productive coaching session with Sean from A Write and A Pint. I resisted the temptation to cancel my afternoon online focus session and completed the next […]