Summary: I’m a bit worried that my work ethic has been rather destroyed by not having much paid work recently, but I’ve done a lot of other writing and podcast stuff with the extra time! Monday: I didn’t get started on anything today until after lunch, but that was fine. Overnight, I heard from […]
Tag: Weeknotes
Weeknotes – S09E08 – Using Time Wisely
Summary: Paid editing work is a bit thin on the ground at the moment – but I used my extra time well this week and wrote a ton of flash fiction! Monday: I had no paid editing work scheduled for today, but I was up early so I decided to try and treat the […]
Weeknotes – S09E07 – Significant Activity
Summary: It was a pretty heavy paid editing week this week (hurrah!) but also a significant milestone in completing the writing accountability course I’ve been on for the last six months. Monday: I started the week with a goal-setting workshop for creatives at a co-working space in town. The main purpose for me was […]
Weeknotes – S09E06 – How Is It Week Six Already?
Summary: Both my brain and my schedule have presented obstacles for progressing my creative projects this week, and there hasn’t been all that much paid editing work, either. But that’s okay. But also – how is it half way through February already??? Monday: I spent some time in the morning prepping for the Creative […]
Weeknotes – S09E05 – Coming Down
Summary: It turns out coming back from an intense, transformational retreat weekend is not conducive to being productive for the rest of the week… Monday: It was sad to leave our happy retreat group back in London after an amazing weekend – I feel so lucky and grateful to have been a part […]
Weeknotes – S09E04 – Superlative Cromer Retreat
Summary: Some ups and downs this week – but overall all a lot more of the former than the latter, due to finishing the first draft of my current novel and a lot of support / encouragement / collaboration / connection / love from various amazing groups of writing / editing friends. Monday: I […]
Weeknotes – S09E03 – Solid Week
Summary: This felt like a very solid writing/editing week, with plenty of paid client work completed and also progress on various of my own creative projects. Monday: I edited another chunk of the client RPG text and also started developmental feedback on a previous client’s queer historical romance novel, which was a lot of […]
Weeknotes – S09E02 – Back to Reality
Summary: It was tough, coming back to the real world after Christmas, New Year and a week’s writing retreat – but I did it! Client work – check! Novel writing – check! Short stories – check! Podcast – check! Monday: I was still trying to get used to rejoining the world after Christmas, New […]
Weeknotes – S09E01 – New Year Off to A Great Start!
Summary: One of my best writing retreats ever! I wrote over 8,000 words of my current novel and SEVEN entirely new 1,000+ word short stories! Monday: Off to Stickwick for my first writing retreat of 2025! I completed the Year Compass for the transition from 2024 to 2025 on the train, which felt like […]
Weeknotes – S08E53 – Ending and Starting
Summary: Good end/start to the year! I very much enjoyed not yet returning to real life and instead spending most of my time playing games, reading and preparing to delay real life further by going on retreat… Monday: Is this the last week of 2024 or the first week of 2025? Since, for me, […]