Welcome to 2014. One of my goals for this year is to track how much I write. I’m vaguely aiming to continue meeting my WriteChain goal of 429 words a day (3,000 a week), but mostly, I want to know …
Goal-Setting for 2014
Since 2009, I’ve picked a word for my year instead of resolutions. Then I began adding goals, and one year, that worked amazingly well for me. For 2014, I’ve picked a few goals around de-cluttering ready to move house, balance …
Farewell, 2013.
Dear 2013, You’ve been a fun, inspiring and challenging year. I’ve had moments where I felt on top of the world, and I’ve cried more than I have in prior years put together. Before you leave, here’s what we did …
NaNoWriMo 2013: The End
It’s December first. November is done. National Novel Writing Month is over. Twas brillig, and the slythy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe…. (That’s been in my head a lot this month, despite not having anything to do with …
NaNoWriMo: A Two Month Experiment
This is my fifth attempt of writing 50,000 words of novel in 30 days. This year though, I’m using October and November as a two-month experiment into my writing process. It’s a mixture of easy and hard things, and sometimes …
Editing and Rewriting
Since attending the writer’s workshop at the beginning of the month, my head has been in over-drive. Time-scales, publishing options, lessons learnt, and the other participant’s views… And then I had a few comments about how much time I spend …