Summary: Fantastic week, mostly due to going on retreat! I finished the first draft of my fifth novel and secured enough work from the other writers on the retreat to fill up the rest of the summer! Monday: I wrote the next Darkness scene first thing. I hadn’t been looking forward to it, because […]
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Slogging Along
I’m really not sure what’s going on with my current novel. I call it ‘novel number five’, but that’s not entirely accurate, because number four never got past 40k words, so it can’t really be called a novel, but hey…. Anyway, I first dreamed up (literally!) the idea for number five in April […]
Weeknotes – S07E24 – Preparing for Retreat
Summary: I cleared the decks of all paid client work, and am looking forward to not pitching again until July. I also managed to make progress on the novel, setting myself up to be able to complete it on retreat by the end of June. Monday: I was going to give myself more time […]
Weeknotes – S07E23 – Bookend Productivity
Summary: Good start and end to the week, but understandably disrupted in the middle – all good, though, with lots of great stuff planned for next week. Monday: I got up late and faffed around for quite a while, mostly pitching for more paid editing work, as I had nothing on the docket for […]
Weeknotes – S07E22 – A Bit Precarious
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 […]
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, […]