Summary: Excellent week, all round. Good progress on client projects, plus interesting revelations about how to work best on my own projects. And breaking ground on brainstorming for novel number five!   Monday: Hopefully, back to ‘proper’ scheduling this week. I was at my favourite cafe table and ready to work shortly after 8:30am, at […]

Summary: After my recent weeks of major productivity, things went slightly awry this week – but only because the entire point of my new freelance existence is so I can be flexible about my work and writing time, so it’s all good.   Monday: I went to the cafe and did a fair amount of […]

Summary: Another very productive week – I seem to have found my groove, at least temporarily! And I gained a lovely new paid editing client, who left me a glowing testimonial and promised me more work, which was nice.   Monday: Got to the cafe at 8:15am today! I was all ready to get started […]

Summary: Another very productive week. I had an extra ‘day off’ but ended up working on non-paid, non-novel projects on that day, so it ended up being really useful!   Monday: I had a lot of contact from potential new paid editing clients, and did a sample edit for one of them. Later, I helped […]

Summary: I seem to be in creative overdrive at the moment, in terms of ideas and productivity. I just wish I had the time and energy to keep up! I’m really enthused about both my paid editing and my own writing – long may it continue!   Monday: I had a last-minute opportunity to meet […]

Summary: I decided to start doing morning pages this week, and there may have been some quite startling results… Glad I didn’t have a huge amount of paid editing to do this week, as the subconscious crew went rogue!   Monday: I reviewed a computer game.   Tuesday: After reading an interview with Julia Cameron […]

Summary: I finished my revision plan for the third novel this week – which means I have to start the new draft next week! Eek!   Monday: Cafe day today – settled at my usual table by 8:30am, as I had a lot to do. I started by going through my flash draft and refining/expanding […]

Summary: Well, that was an unexpected seven-day writing week! I did a lot of very enjoyable paid editing, and made at least some progress on my own writing projects, so I’m declaring a victory!   Monday: I decided it would be best to stay at home today, so I settled on the sofa (with Stanley […]

Summary: My writing week didn’t go entirely according to plan, but all progress is good progress! And sometimes things get in the way, and it’s okay.   Monday: Today was the start of my ‘new routine’! I had decided that, on returning from the writing retreat, I would establish a new routine of paid work […]

Summary: The second half of the retreat was just as good as the first half, though I was glad to get home and set all my plans for the coming week of combining paid editing with personal projects again.   Monday: I woke up way too early, with the subconscious crew clamouring for me to […]