Summary: Lots of good progress on my latest novel, which is great. Plus, teetering on the brink of a big paid editing project – just waiting for the client to press go!   Monday: It felt a bit more like I was back in the usual swing of things today – though a couple of […]

Summary: Back to reality after being on retreat – always a difficult transition. But softened by having interesting paid work to do and being enthusiastic about embarking on the first draft of my new novel.   Monday: It was back to reality today, after a glorious week away on retreat. I had plenty of paid […]

Summary: My second retreat was also great – and I finished outlining my new novel! I also lined up some great new paid editing projects to start on my return to real life, which was great.   Monday: Today was a travelling day – taxi from Tall Trees to Castle Cary, train back to Paddington, […]

Summary: A great week of clearing the decks and then experiencing a fantastic writing retreat and meeting lots of lovely new people.   Monday: I was on countdown to going away, so I concentrated on getting as much paid editing work done as possible, alternating between Amie’s client novel, and the copy editing stage of […]

Summary: It feels like I’m winding down before going away, even though I don’t leave until the end of the coming week! Still, a fair amount done on various fronts.   Tuesday: I did more copy editing on Carla’s novel and Amie’s client novel. After lunch, I used the Revision Club focus session to edit […]

Summary: Bit of a switch-around on the paid editing schedule but it all worked out – on the project front, mostly gave myself permission not to be productive, but still got some stuff done.   Monday: I split my morning between editing Carla’s novel and reviewing the first 10k words of a historical romance for […]