Summary:

A bit hit and miss on both work and writing this week – I did get some stuff done (and all progress is good progress, as Captain Bear is fond of reminding me) but it wasn’t a lot. What I did to a lot of was reading, so I also wrote lots of reviews! I also practised using my off-hand to write quite a lot, with a view to becoming functionally ambidextrous by the time my thumb injury heals – productive? Maybe!

 

Tuesday:

After quite a few days off and not much in the way of inspiration for the next scene, I really didn’t want to work on Darkness today. But, after a leisurely breakfast, some meditation and pitching for lots of potential new paid editing projects, I knuckled down and at least got some words down.

I had one new paid project to do today – editing the introduction to a nonfiction book about an anthropologist, so I completed that before lunch and sent it back for review and approval.

I also wrote reviews for a live show we went to see at the weekend and an audiobook I finished.

 

Wednesday:

I won another paid editing project overnight, but decided to keep today as my day off from work.

I did write a review of the book I finished the night before, though.

 

Thursday:

I faffed around like an absolute champ this morning – long breakfast, shower, putting on the laundry, updates to my online writing groups, pitching for paid editing work – anything to put off actually getting back to the novel. But then I told myself I could have a three-day weekend (and not do my third scene of the week) if I just got on with it – so I wrote Scene 11 of Darkness and it was fine!

I also completed the new client project, which turned out to be a really fun Australian kids’ story about some friends building a billy cart for a big race.

Later, I wrote reviews of the two new games we played at the board games event we attended the night before.

 

Friday:

No unfinished client projects (I think the first time in nearly two years that I’ve had a day when I would work if I could, but didn’t have any to do), still low motivation for writing the novel, so I gave myself the day off.

I did submit a short story to an anthology call, though. I also finished a book and wrote my review.

 

Saturday:

I finished another book and wrote my review.