Do you ever feel as if things in your life are swinging wildly back and forth from one extreme to another, and your emotions are roller-coaster-ing along with them? I’m sure this is a common occurrence among humans, and it’s understandable that you might react strongly to things going on around you, whether they are […]
Month: April 2025
Weeknotes – S09E16 – Plenty of Paid Work
Summary: Suddenly quite a lot of paid editing work – hurrah! But still trying to keep my other projects on the boil. Monday: I did a full morning of editing on my two client projects – a sci-fi novel and a YA fantasy novel – I love my job! In the afternoon online focus […]
Weeknotes – S09E15 – Reading, Reading, Reading!
Summary: New client editing project – hurrah! Plus so… much… reading…! Monday: I did a lot of reading today, including a decent chunk of The Three by Sarah Lotz, for which I added to my notes for an upcoming YouTube video. Tuesday: My goal for this morning, after having taken a few days […]
Weeknotes – S09E14 – Multi-Pronged Approach
Summary: A mixed bag of writing and editing projects this week – progress made on multiple fronts, which is always nice. Monday: Despite one big editing project being cancelled, I still had the sci-fi novel to work on, so I cracked on with that. In the afternoon online focus session, I wrote a blog […]
New Project Obsession
I first started watching book-related content on YouTube about a year ago, and was instantly hooked. Even though most of the creators I regularly watch rarely talk about books I’m actually interested in reading (which is good for preventing me from buying too many new books…), I still really enjoy watching videos were they talk […]
Keeping the Tradition Alive
My short story, Keeping the Tradition Alive, is featured in the Midnight Menagerie anthology from Wolfsinger.
Weeknotes – S09E13 – Up and Down We Go
Summary: The freelance roller-coaster is in full effect! I have no work – I have tons of work – I have no work! (Well, sort of…) Other energies are still mostly focused on YouTube channel planning. Monday: We travelled back from a wonderful reading retreat weekend in Somerset. And, of course, I spent some […]
All Progress Is Good Progress
Do you ever make big plans of what you’re going to achieve on any given day, and then feel like you’re failed if you don’t get everything done? I’m sure we’ve all experienced that – and I’m here today to tell you how to reframe things so you can always feel like you’re doing a […]