It’s the month of harvest. I have no idea when that happened. Only yesterday someone mentioned it was 6 months until Yule… August has always been a fairly nice month for me — it’s my birthday month, and was always a …
Weekend WIP #4: Balancing Time
This week I’ve had a slight lull in my writing — our new tenancy has begun, we’re setting dates for the official move in, and my job is changing form. I’ve taken most of my books to my parents house, sorted through …
A Target to Aim For: Importance of Goal-Setting
At the end of last year, I signed up to do the WriteChain challenge. The idea was to build up a “chain” of links — daily challenges — to get used to a consistent practise. In April, my winning streak …
Weekend WIP #3: Copy Editing (for Content)
Thursday night, after 3 weeks ‘in the drawer’, I took Planes Shifter out and began to read through it – with a new ally: Track Changes. This is a tool I’ve avoided because it’s not particularly elegant, cuts your writing into …
June Update: Goals
Six months passed. June was so busy that July seemed to begin with a whimper. At the beginning of the year I set myself four goals: track my daily wordcount, write a minimum of once a week, “sort out” Resilience, …
May Update: Goals
Blimey, when did June arrive? At the beginning of the year I set myself four goals: track my daily wordcount, write a minimum of once a week, “sort out” Resilience, and submit my manuscript to someone by July 1st. May …