Summary: Anxious build-up to Winchester, followed by a fairly draining experience of the festival itself, and a re-evaluation of my writing priorities.   Monday: I submitted seven short stories, pieces of flash fiction and poems for potential publication or to competitions. Very much not my favourite activity, but it’s the only way to get anywhere! […]

Summary:   It feels as though things are moving forwards. Only a few days until Winchester Writers’ Festival, and Artisan is ready to go!   Monday:   I finished a very interesting book and wrote a review of it.   I also went through Writing Magazine and added new submission opportunities to my rolling spreadsheet, […]

Summary: Edits, edits and more edits…   Monday: Ann was free, so we arranged to meet up for a writing session. I mostly focused on transferring my hard copy Artisan edits onto the electronic copy. In between times, I checked the relative chapter lengths and moved some things around to make it more even. I […]

Summary:   People and places were all helpful this week in getting me where I needed to go with my writing.   Monday:   I met up with Ann and new Baby R at The Turk’s Head in Wapping, and settled down for a writing session.   I decided to alternate copy-editing chapters of Artisan […]

Summary:   Progress made on both projects that have looming deadlines, which is good. But not a lot of time spent on writing this week, and I’m missing having long sessions with multiple projects on the go.   Monday:     Today, I took myself to Notting Hill and enjoyed a comfy chair and giant […]

Summary: Good use of available time slots for getting on with stuff. I like having the option to just find a cafe and get to work, now that I’ve trained myself to be able to focus in that kind of environment.   Monday: A new week, and some new resolve, as deadlines are looming. I […]

Summary: Perhaps as expected, my writing output during the rest of the holiday gradually reduced, but I did still manage to get some things done here and there.   Monday: I wrote another short piece for my Yahtzee/Bingo challenge.   Wednesday: I wrote a review of Avengers: Infinity War.   Saturday: My plans to write […]

Summary:   It’s never the case that I have to be in the right frame of mind to get some writing done. It’s all about making use of the available opportunities.   Saturday:   First full day of the group holiday, and I was up early. So, I took advantage of having the downstairs to […]

Summary:   Original fiction, non-fiction, fanfiction; novels and shorts; revision and new words – lots of variety in my writing this week.   Monday:   Today was likely my last writing date with Ann for a while, and we met at Good and Proper.   I started out with a couple of quick wins, writing […]

Summary: Bits and pieces, small but regular progress. Not a lot of time and energy spent on writing projects this week, but still some. Monday: I did today’s one-minute challenge at oneword.com. Later, I took advantage of an unexpected free half hour to copy-edit the second chapter of Artisan. Wednesday: I had a writing date […]