Summary: Plodding along with all my various client work and projects. Monday: I carried on providing developmental feedback on a client’s thriller, and also started copy editing a YA fantasy novel, written by the brother of one of the writers I met on retreat last month. Later, I freeglanced a new blog article for […]
Tag: Weeknotes
Weeknotes – S08E32 – Novel Going Well
Summary: Lots of good progress on my latest novel, which is great. Plus, teetering on the brink of a big paid editing project – just waiting for the client to press go! Monday: It felt a bit more like I was back in the usual swing of things today – though a couple of […]
Weeknotes – S08E31 – Back to Reality
Summary: Back to reality after being on retreat – always a difficult transition. But softened by having interesting paid work to do and being enthusiastic about embarking on the first draft of my new novel. Monday: It was back to reality today, after a glorious week away on retreat. I had plenty of paid […]
Weeknotes – S08E30 – Second retreat!
Summary: My second retreat was also great – and I finished outlining my new novel! I also lined up some great new paid editing projects to start on my return to real life, which was great. Monday: Today was a travelling day – taxi from Tall Trees to Castle Cary, train back to Paddington, […]
Weeknotes – S08E29 – Off on Retreat!
Summary: A great week of clearing the decks and then experiencing a fantastic writing retreat and meeting lots of lovely new people. Monday: I was on countdown to going away, so I concentrated on getting as much paid editing work done as possible, alternating between Amie’s client novel, and the copy editing stage of […]
Weeknotes – S08E28 – Starting to Wind Down
Summary: It feels like I’m winding down before going away, even though I don’t leave until the end of the coming week! Still, a fair amount done on various fronts. Tuesday: I did more copy editing on Carla’s novel and Amie’s client novel. After lunch, I used the Revision Club focus session to edit […]
Weeknotes S08E27 – Permission
Summary: Bit of a switch-around on the paid editing schedule but it all worked out – on the project front, mostly gave myself permission not to be productive, but still got some stuff done. Monday: I split my morning between editing Carla’s novel and reviewing the first 10k words of a historical romance for […]
Weeknotes – S08E26 – Enjoying Going Back to Work!
Summary: Back to work but in a gentle, enjoyable way. Also progress on lots of podcast projects, but now I’m going to take a bit of a break from that for a while. Monday: After my glorious week off (in which I was admittedly ill and also actually did a ton of non-paid-work stuff), […]
Weeknotes – S08E25 – Covid Strikes Again!
Summary: An impromptu week off work due to Covid led to a lovely, restful time, mostly reading and playing games. Monday: Every plan I had for this week was disrupted this morning by the discovery that I have Covid… So I cancelled all my outings and settled down to get some work done – […]
Weeknotes – S08E24 – Revitalised Project
Summary: I put several very old creative projects back on my list this week, finished my biggest paid editing project to date, and felt pleasingly motivated about all my current writing/editing. Monday: In the morning, I chugged along a bit more with editing the RPG game text I’ve been working on for many weeks […]