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 […]
Tag: Weeknotes
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, […]
Weeknotes – S08E52 – Working On Christmas Day…
Summary: Working on Christmas Day? Ridiculous! Ah well… Otherwise, lots of planning and goal-setting, which is traditional at this time of year. Wednesday: A client contacted me with a query about a book I’d edited for her earlier in the year and it seemed time sensitive, so I did a couple of hours of […]
Weeknotes – S08E51 – I’m Checking My List…
Summary: Lots of clearing things off lists this week, reflecting on the past year and looking forward to new opportunities, new writing, new books for 2025! Monday: I woke up with ideas in my head about the last third of my current novel, A Wizard Calls My Name, so I added some more notes […]