Summary: Another very productive week – my first seven-day ‘writing’ week of the year! Still struggling on the motivation and enthusiasm front, but pushing through in the hopes that achievement will unlock the joy. Monday: I made it to the cafe for the first time in quite a while. I managed to get up […]
Tag: Weeknotes
Weeknotes – S07E01 – Good Start!
Summary: A very productive start to 2023! Lots of progress on all fronts, though not as much enthusiasm as I would have hoped. Fake it till I make it? Monday: I played two new games over the New Year period, so I wrote my reviews. Tuesday: My alarm clock actually went off for […]
Weeknotes – S06E52 – The End of 2022
Summary: Mostly reviews this week, but I also had new thoughts about current writing projects, which is encouraging for launching into 2023 with a plan to make lots of progress. Wednesday: We played two new games over Christmas, so I wrote my reviews. Thursday: I got an offer on Upwork for a very […]
Weeknotes – S06E51 – All Goals Achieved
Summary: Great Christmas week – all client work completed plus all targets for personal projects achieved. I’ve set myself up for a great start to 2023! Monday: My only remaining client editing project for the year was the reflective novella, so I did comments for a chunk of that this morning. I also edited […]
Weeknotes – S06E50 – Push For Year End
Summary: I feel like this week went really well – I completed two whole client projects from start to finish and also started submitting my nonfiction book to agents, as well as keeping on top of podcast obligations. Monday: I started two new paid editing projects today – a book about sustainable parenting and […]
Weeknotes – S06E49 – Last Push to the End of the Year
Summary: Something clicked again this week and I revised the whole of my nonfiction book in one setting – with lots of paid work completed as well! Monday: With an evening theatre trip in town to keep me focused, I ventured to Picturehouse Central in the morning, with the intention of getting lots done […]
Weeknotes – S06E48 – People are Paying Me Again!
Summary: Panic over as lots of paid work came in, but my own writing suffered as a result (not that I was really working on it anyway…). Tuesday: I won a paid editing project from a new client, and two previous clients also popped up with new work, so I was feeling a bit […]
Weeknotes – S06E47 – New Thoughts
Summary: A very slow work week, though I did have some new thoughts on the novel for the first time in a long while. Monday: I did a submission and also sorted out my work schedule for the upcoming week, after having had quite a bit of time off. Tuesday: I started work […]
Weeknotes – S06E46 – Disrupted Schedule
Summary: Disrupted schedule this week, but I won some new projects and also worked a bit on the novel. Monday: Still in my tiny Airbnb hideaway in Norfolk for one more day! I wrote a review of the book I finished the previous night and collated a few more Darkness notes. Later, I finished […]
Weeknotes – S06E45 – Small Achievements are Still Achievements
Sunday: A bit scattershot this week, though I did finish off all my paid client work and work on the novel just a little bit. And I also did my first paid author event!! Wednesday: I finished off editing on both the elite predators book and the historical thriller, thus clearing my slate completely […]