Weeknotes – S08E21 – Novel Revisions Complete!

Summary: Excellent progress on both client and personal projects – plus found some new freelancing friends to co-work with.   Monday: I read the latest family book club pick in two days and wrote a not very comprehensive review. I also accidentally posted the latest Reviews Revisited episode of the podcast five days early…   […]

Weeknotes – S08E20 – Front Loading

Summary: Early progress on client work and my own projects, then going away for the weekend.   Monday: I split my morning between editing both my current client projects – the spy novel and the RPG text. Then I worked on revisions to my fifth novel, A Darkness Divided, for a bit.   Tuesday: I […]

Weeknotes – S08E19 – Progress Where It Matters

Summary: I did lots of good client editing work and made considerable progress revising my novel – happy with that!   Monday: I wrote a review of Winter in Madrid, which I finished over the weekend, and also an audiobook (The Liar’s Knot) that I decided to DNF. I also listened to a fair amount […]

Weeknotes – S08E17 – Three Months Ahead

Summary: I’m in the unprecedented situation of having paid editing work booked in till the end of July (I’m usually only working on a fortnightly cycle of panic), which is nice! Still making progress on the novel and trying not to let podcast stuff take over everything else.   Monday: It was back to editing […]

Weeknotes – S08E16 – Do Less To Do More

Summary: I’m liking ‘taking a day off’ that turns into getting a ton of useful stuff done that usually slips off the bottom of the to-do list!   Monday: I finished editing the interview book and sent it back to the author for review and approval. I also edited a large chunk more of the […]

Weeknotes – S08E15 – Reading, Reading, Reading

Summary: I’m on a real reading kick at the moment – long may it continue! Some good paid work going on, and also progress on the novel too.   Monday: Two new client projects to start today – but, even more exciting, actually repeat clients! For both (action/adventure novel and interview skills book), I did […]

Weeknotes – S08E09 – Work Picking Up Again

Summary: My paid work picked up again with some great new projects, and I was very happy with revisions to my short story.   Monday: New client projects across the board – yay! I started editing a book about life skills for teens, which required some tonal adjustment. I also started reading the novel by […]