Summary: (This was Feb 15-21) Finalised and submitted my second novel to my publisher – suddenly it actually feels like I might really be a novelist! Monday: I did some admin and sorting out early on, then settled down to my regular focus session with Ann, starting with edits to a short story that […]
Tag: Weeknotes
Weeknotes – S05E07 – Launch Date Approaching!
Summary: Exciting times with the upcoming official launch date of my debut novel, and a new website in the works. So, more marketing and admin this week than actual writing, but it’s all progress! Monday: Today was my eighth day in a row working on writing projects – so of course a voice in my […]
Weeknotes – S05E06 – Seven-Day Writing Week
Summary: A seven-day writing week this week – because I wanted to, rather than felt obliged to, so that felt good. It was really nice to be so excited about multiple writing projects that I actually wanted to work on them on what would otherwise be my days off from writing. Lots of progress on […]
Weeknotes – S05E05 – Some New Stuff In Development
Summary: Nothing much to report this week. Still chugging along with novel revisions. New ideas in development for upcoming competitions, and a new outlining tool ready for use on the next novel. Monday: I made a list, posted it on the UWR online session and then set to work. I revised five scenes of […]
Weeknotes – S0504 – Scattered But Still Progress
Summary: I stumbled a bit on the novel revisions plan this week, but pulled it back in the end. A bit scattershot this week, but still progress. Monday: As I’d done some Colours revision the day before, and worked out that I had two spare days in my current schedule to complete […]
Weeknotes – S05E03 – Most Important Thing First
Summary: I’m still keeping on track with revisions on the second novel, but not really getting much of anything else done. But that’s okay. Monday: I had an accountability and reflection session with Claire from CP’s Day Off, which confirmed that my current strategy for ensuring progress on the most important things is the […]
Weeknotes – S05E02 – Back to Work
Summary: Back to the day job this week after a long festive break. It wasn’t too bad overall – I kept on top of work without getting stressed and I kept to my scheduled writing time, focusing on the one most important thing (Colours) each time, and also getting some other useful stuff done. I’m […]
Weeknotes – S05E01 – A Whole New Year!
Summary: A solid innings for my first official writing week of 2021. I faced some obstacles and didn’t get as much done as I’d planned, but I focused on the most important things and revised my expectations of some of the others. Happy overall! Monday: I did some more planning of marketing activities for […]
Weeknotes – S04E52 – Finishing Early
Summary: Officially, there are 53 weeks in 2020 and 2021 starts on 4 January, but I’m calling it now and starting 2021 early! An excellent last writing week of 2020, setting me up for a great start to 2021. I made progress on several projects, did some good planning activities, and got the release date […]
Weeknotes – S04E51 – Planning!
Summary: Lots of planning this week, ramping up my enthusiasm, goals, schedule and targets for the start of 2021. Monday: I wrote some more notes on Safeguarding, from ideas that came to me overnight. I did some more of the Novelry course. Tuesday: I read a book and wrote my review. Thursday: […]