Summary:   Lots of stuff whirring around in my head at the moment, which makes me feel a bit scatty, but it’s exciting (if a bit daunting) to have two big projects I love on the go.   Monday:   Last morning at the Devon writing retreat and I completed one more scene of the […]

Summary:   Another week where sticking to scheduled writing time has produced excellent results. As ever, it’s not about being in the right frame of mind, it’s about sitting down and just getting the words out onto the page. But why is that so hard, when it’s what I really want to do?   Monday: […]

Summary:   Lots of time spent on writing projects this week, but not much in the way of actual writing. Planning, brainstorming, editing, and typing up notes are all really important things that need to be done, but it never feels like I’m making much progress when I spend time doing them.   Monday:   […]

Summary:   Not much in the way of writing progress this week – too many fun, social things got in the way!   Monday:   I helped Bear post his account of our marvellous weekend away at a reading retreat, and then posted my own account as well.   Wednesday:   I met Hannah for […]

Summary: Reading has been the order of the day this week, though I’ve also done quite a bit of planning for the new novel, which I’ve found really useful.   Tuesday: I missed my usual writing date because I had to work on Monday, so I pledged to work on the new novel every evening […]

Summary: So, it turns out that if I have more time, I do get more stuff done on writing projects, as evidenced by the fact that I had this week off work, and have done project stuff on six out of seven days.   Monday: Today required some personal dedication on my part. I had […]

Summary:   Bits and pieces, here and there throughout the week. It didn’t feel like I was doing a lot, but what I did was useful and progressed several projects. And at least I kept my brain ticking over and working on stuff.   Monday:   I took myself off to Good & Proper quite […]

Summary: Two official writing days instead of one resulted in masses of stuff accomplished.  Go figure.   Monday: I met Ann for our usual writing date. I started with this month’s discussion post for GYWO, which had the title: “Feast or Famine: the pressure of fan expectations when your work seems to be doing too […]

Summary: On every day but Monday, I intended to go through some of my filled-up writing project notebooks and type up anything I want to keep or work on further.  But I’ve been very low on sleep this week and found it impossible to motivate myself to do this, despite having plenty of time.  I […]

Summary: Tons of stuff going on, both within my brain and without, this week.  It feels like a renaissance of my creativity.  Now I just have to capitalise on it and get some work done!   Monday: I’ve been asking my subconscious crew for some insight into which big writing project I should launch into, […]