Summary: I’m keeping up my writing days, so I’m on track to double my GYWO pledge level for the year, but none of my sessions this week were particularly long or massively productive. It’s all about finding a balance between quality and quantity, productivity and relaxation.   Wednesday: I met Hannah after work for a […]

Summary:   One really good, productive session, and lot of little bits throughout the week.   Monday:   I met Ann at Good & Proper with a resolution that I would write at least one paragraph for each of the three main fiction projects on my list at the moment (with the hope that one […]

Summary: A good amount of stuff achieved, and finally some fiction!   Monday: I helped Bear post about our most recent reading retreat.   Tuesday: I wrote reviews of all the books I read while on retreat.   Thursday: I took the opportunity of a long gap between appointments in town to settle myself at […]

Summary: Still no actual fiction writing again this week – the fiction crew are definitely on shore leave at the moment, leaving the nonfiction crew to stoke the boilers on their own.   Monday: I had a leisurely morning and then took myself off to Good and Proper with the intention of working hard until […]

Summary: The fiction crew are still on shore leave, it seems, but the non-fiction crew are picking up the slack.   Monday: I met Ann at Good and Proper for our second writing date without Baby R since he was born. I started with of a review of the film I’d seen the day before, […]

Summary: After nothing at all last week, I worked on writing projects to at least some degree every day this week. Not much progress on the fiction front, but lots of nonfiction stuff, some cogitation on fiction stuff, and plenty of sending my darlings out into the world to be judged.   Monday: Last day […]

Summary: Very little going on this week.   Tuesday: I went through Writing Magazine and added more upcoming submission opportunities to my rolling spreadsheet. I also wrote a letter to Writing Magazine about cultural appropriation, in response to a letter from another reader in this month’s edition.   Wednesday: I wrote some reviews.  

Summary: Some good progress and a couple of decent sessions, with lots of planning. So, everything still ticking over.   Monday: I formatted and sent over four different pieces for the first Etre prompt. They’re looking for short stories, non-fiction essays, poetry and short lyrical pieces, so I sent one of each to see what […]

Summary: All I needed were a couple of decent stretches of scheduled writing time and look at all the things I achieved!   Monday: I went to a Write For Your Life session after work, which was fun. I think I prefer the more creative side of No Grammar Required, but I’ll happily go to […]

Summary: Trips away usually result in a lack of writing productivity, unless they are writing retreats, so very little work done this week. Big plans for the next couple of weeks, though!   Monday: I brainstormed a story for an upcoming submission opportunity and came up with the first inkling of a workable plot.   […]