Summary: Strong start to the week, with both paid editing work and my own projects – I front-loaded everything so I could have some time off in the second half, which was nice. Monday: Busy, busy day today… I spent the morning on my two current client novels – a queer drama and a […]
Month: January 2024
Professional Development
When I first started out as a freelance editor, back in April 2021, all the other editors I spoke to recommended joining the Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders (CIEP). I duly looked into and and it seemed: Expensive (membership fees, upgrade fees, course fees) Complicated (tracking work experience and fulfilling CPD requirements) Time […]
Weeknotes – S08E03 – Back in the Saddle
Summary: I got back into the swing of paid editing work and also made good progress on my own projects – so a good week all round! Monday: Last week, I approached several of my writer friends and asked if they’d be interested in doing a twice-weekly drop in/drop out focus session – and […]
Weeknotes – Back to Reality…
Summary: The writing retreat was both more and less successful than I’d hoped – but still a lovely way to start the year! Now I really need to get back into a proper work mindset to get back to paid editing… Monday: I started my third full day on Urban Writers Retreat by going […]
Setting the Smallest Goal
Do you ever find that you set your expectations on yourself too high? The humans I know always seem to be so busy, always trying to get so much done in the shortest possible time. But that just makes them feel overwhelmed by their to-do list and then they feel like failures when they don’t […]
Weeknotes – S08E01 – Hurrah for Retreats!
Summary: Re-starting paid work for 2024 went a bit awry but lots of novel revision planning done on retreat! Wednesday: It was back to work today with a new publisher client, copy editing a ‘based-on-a-true-story’ contemporary novel. I was at my desk like a proper worker bee by 9am – and did a little […]