Summary: I have a new project that’s eating all my attention and energy – here’s hoping I can fold it into the schedule without overdoing it or letting anything else slide too much… Monday: It was great to have a clean slate and be able to start some new client projects today – though […]
Month: March 2024
Resurrecting Reviews Revisited!
[This is a transcript of a resurrected series of solo podcast episodes I’m starting, as part of the Will You Still Love It Tomorrow podcast I co-host monthly with my husband, Dave – if you prefer, you can listen to it instead.] Hello, and welcome to Will You Still Love It Tomorrow. I’m Annie. In […]
Weeknotes – S08E12 – Unexpected seven-day writing week!
Summary: It really doesn’t feel as if I’ve achieved much at all this week – but apparently it’s technically been a seven-day writing week! So, I must have done some stuff… I’ve also got a lot of really great paid editing work on this schedule, which is very nice. Monday: Back to work today, […]
Business Mastermind Groups
Back in October 2023, I attended an online conference for freelance editors, entered a prize draw – and won! My prize was a free place on a Networking for Editors course, during which one of the things recommended to me was business mastermind groups. These are small groups (usually 3-5 people, as I […]
Weeknotes – S08E11 – New Projects Derailed By Illness
Summary: This week’s work and writing both got derailed by a bad cold – but it just made me really grateful that I have such flexibility in my schedule, so I could take a few days off without it causing any problems. Monday: New week, new client projects! I started editing dialogue for a […]
Weeknotes – S08E10 – Why Don’t I Want to Write My Novel?
Monday: I started this week’s work with a paid sample edit of a short story for a potential new client, which was fun. Then I worked on both the teen life skills book and the Revision Club novel, so a great range of projects – I love my job! The afternoon, however, was a different […]
Challenging the Narrative
Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by thoughts about things you haven’t done, tasks you haven’t achieved, how little you’ve managed to accomplish during a certain time period? I know my human, Annie, does – and it seems to me as if a lot of people have these kinds of thoughts running through their head […]
Weeknotes – S08E09 – Work Picking Up Again
Summary: My paid work picked up again with some great new projects, and I was very happy with revisions to my short story. Monday: New client projects across the board – yay! I started editing a book about life skills for teens, which required some tonal adjustment. I also started reading the novel by […]