The brain is a weird – and sometimes quite annoying – thing… Lately, I’ve been struggling with motivation in terms of getting on with my personal creative projects. I haven’t done any knitting in months, I haven’t written a new short story since April, I’m only keeping up with podcast prep and Stanley’s online content […]
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Weeknotes – S07E40 – Paid Work is Easier
Summary: Not much progress on my own project this week, but still lots of great paid work going on, and more projects in the pipeline. It’s unsurprising that it’s much easier to motivate myself to to my paid work than my own stuff… Monday: I did a sample edit for a prospective new client […]
Weeknotes – S07E39 – Productivity All Around
Summary: Pretty good week, all told. I did my usual freelance panic – oh no, all my paid projects are ending on Friday – oh wait, now I suddenly have three more! Also lots of – it’s fine if I don’t do anything productive today – okay, so now I want to do all the […]
Weeknotes – S07E38 – Novel-tastic!
Summary: I feel really good about what I achieved this week, both on the paid front and the personal projects front (after a slot start to the week on my own writing) – lots of exciting stuff going on! Monday: I had big plans to get through a big list of stuff today – […]
Weeknotes – S07E37 – Slacking Off Is Allowed
Summary: I slacked off a bit this week – so future me is going to be annoyed with me next week! Still, I got a certain amount one and it’s important to take breaks! Tuesday: Back to work after a long weekend off! I edited a chunk of the supernatural thriller and wrote reviews […]
Seduced By The Shinies
I wrote the first draft of my fifth novel in the first half of 2023 (which I’m very proud of, since it was a slog and I had to keep forcing myself to work on it, but I’m really pleased with the eventual result). I have useful comments from my wonderful editor, Amie, and […]
Weeknotes – S07E36 – Allowable Dip
Summary: Not a massively productive week this week, but that’s okay. I still got all the important things done! Plans to revitalise a better work ethic next week… Monday: I cracked on with editing the prison memoir and also started editing a book from a new client – a horror thriller. Tuesday: I […]
Weeknotes – S07E35 – The Year is Speeding Along…
Summary: This was a short work week, since we went for a long weekend in Wales – which was awesome! I still got a decent amount of both paid and project work done, though. Monday: I had a very good morning – I edited a whole romance novella for a repeat client, and forged […]
Weeknotes – S07E34 – Chilling is Allowed
Summary: Some good progress made this week, both in terms of paid work and my own projects – but I also took some time just to chill, which was nice. Monday: I spent the morning on paid client work – website stuff, prison memoir, paranormal detective novel. In the afternoon, I did some more […]
Weeknotes – S07E33 – Runaway Brain
Summary: I’ve somehow managed another seven-day writing week! And my brain is really running away with the idea for my next novel, even though I’m not supposed to be starting work on it until next year… Monday: I sat at my desk and did paid client work all morning – additions to a self-help […]