Summary: I’m still keeping up with the Artisan proofing, which is the most important thing, but everything else is pretty much falling by the wayside at the moment. Except the podcast, which is still really fun. I’m on writing retreat at the end of next week, so I suspect my output will increase a bit […]

Summary: I’m not sure I’ve found my groove for 2020 yet, unless my groove is slacking off, which would be okay, at least for the moment!   Monday: I wrote reviews for the four books I read on reading retreat over the weekend.   Thursday: I met Ann in Wapping, feeling not particularly motivated. My […]

Summary: And so work begins in earnest on getting Artisan ready for publication and Colours ready for submission. In good news, I’m really enjoying rereading both of them!   Monday: I went through the whole Artisan manuscript, doing ‘find and replace’ on various things the publisher wants me to change. Perhaps dangerous, but I am […]

Summary: A slow start to 2020, but I have big plans to pick the pace up in the near future!   Saturday: I wrote a review of a new game I played over New Year. I also helped Bear with his first post of 2020.   Sunday: I wrote my first book review of 2020, […]

Summary: Not a complete break from writing over Christmas, but certainly much reduced.   Monday: I wrote a review of Saturday’s Olympia Horse Show and also the book I finished later in the afternoon.   Saturday: I edited a friend’s short story and provided lots of comments. I added some notes to my Colours editing […]

Summary: I’m really pleased with what I accomplished this week, and also over the course of the whole year. So now I can take a break over Christmas and feel good about my writing.   Monday: New week, new attitude. I was determined to make some real progress today, so I set off for a […]

Summary: A bit of a struggle on the productivity front, but I did manage to get some good stuff done, even if I didn’t make progress on the bigger fiction projects.   Tuesday: I finished a book and wrote the review.   Thursday: I wasn’t really feeling it on arrival at my writing date in […]

Summary: What a week! Great news about Artisan and a tremendous amount of progress on all sorts of writing projects, plus cementing new writerly friendships online. Exhausting, but very satisfying!   Monday: Off to Stickwick Manor for a four-day retreat with Urban Writers Retreats! But, before that, I got an email from the publisher I […]

Summary: Much improved in terms of actual writing done and feeling productive this week, largely due to the support and encouragement of TL;DR Writers!   Monday: After errands in Enfield in the morning, I took myself off to Good and Proper to try and get in a decent stretch of writing before meeting Dave for […]

Summary: I’ve recorded this week as seven straight writing days, but I’m not sure any of them really count as that, as I’ve only done blog posts, admin and reviews. But I’m recording it that way anyway and vowing to do better next week!   Monday: I found out I’d won a writing competition I […]