Weeknotes – S09E25 – Work and Vacation

Summary: Paid work – hurrah! Double reading retreat – double hurrah!   Monday: I had to get back into a proper working mindset this morning, to tackle my first paid editing project in more than six weeks – and it was a tough job, I can tell you! It didn’t help that it was nonfiction […]

Weeknotes – S09E24 – Work on the Horizon

Summary: Booked some work – hurrah! Also wrote a few new pieces of flash fiction – double hurrah!   Monday: During my afternoon focus session, I uploaded my latest YouTube video and learned how to add manual chapter breaks. I also wrote a review of the book I finished the night before and added it […]

Too Much Time

Amusingly, the topic for my GYWO discussion post this month was about finding time for writing when you have a busy schedule and lots of other obligations. It’s amusing because I currently have the opposite problem – too much time!   I haven’t had any paid work for a few weeks, and I’m discovering that, […]

Weeknotes – S09E19 – Low on Work

Summary: Trying not to worry about a lack of work – and spending my time on my own projects instead.   Monday: I had a leisurely morning, sorting out my inbox and pitching for more work. After lunch, I went back to the short story anthology I’m working on, based on a deck of Dixit […]

Weeknotes – S09E18 – It’s All About YouTube

Summary: All I want to do at the moment is read and make YouTube content – so that’s what I’ve been doing!   Monday: I started a new paid editing project today – one that’s been in the works since before Christmas and is now starting to come together. I’m working with an author who […]

Weeknotes – S09E17 – YouTube Channel Launch!

Summary: YouTube channel launch week – what fun! Also a fair amount of paid work completed.   Monday: I went into town to attend a Creative Coworkers Collective workshop, then stuck around to work at the venue for the rest of the day. I had a lot of paid editing work to complete by the […]

Weeknotes – S09E16 – Plenty of Paid Work

Summary: Suddenly quite a lot of paid editing work – hurrah! But still trying to keep my other projects on the boil.   Monday: I did a full morning of editing on my two client projects – a sci-fi novel and a YA fantasy novel – I love my job! In the afternoon online focus […]

Weeknotes – S09E15 – Reading, Reading, Reading!

Summary: New client editing project – hurrah! Plus so… much… reading…!   Monday: I did a lot of reading today, including a decent chunk of The Three by Sarah Lotz, for which I added to my notes for an upcoming YouTube video.   Tuesday: My goal for this morning, after having taken a few days […]

Weeknotes – S09E14 – Multi-Pronged Approach

Summary: A mixed bag of writing and editing projects this week – progress made on multiple fronts, which is always nice.   Monday: Despite one big editing project being cancelled, I still had the sci-fi novel to work on, so I cracked on with that. In the afternoon online focus session, I wrote a blog […]

Weeknotes – S09E13 – Up and Down We Go

Summary: The freelance roller-coaster is in full effect! I have no work – I have tons of work – I have no work! (Well, sort of…) Other energies are still mostly focused on YouTube channel planning.   Monday: We travelled back from a wonderful reading retreat weekend in Somerset. And, of course, I spent some […]