Category: writer at work
Thursday 19 September 2024: Date work
I didn’t even bother trying to take the dog on a ‘walk to work’ yesterday. He’s happy enough zooming around the gardens and so long as his collar’s off, he’ll…
Wednesday 18 September 2024: Tidying my Scrivener binders
Today’s image was a free image from DepositPhotos. I liked it, even if I don’t know what’s in the glass… We both woke up with aches and pains everywhere yesterday….
Tuesday 17 September 2024: A day at the races?
We had a fairly busy weekend with the dog. Once we’d both finished work on Friday we took him for a walk before tea. But on Saturday we had a…
Monday 16 September 2024: Reading and writing and submitting
We had a lovely surprise on Friday when Son #2 brought Grand-doggy #1 to stay with us. He called the day before to make sure we’d remembered. I thought it…
Friday 13 September 2024: Friday the 13th
It’s Friday the 13th today. Friday the 13th bothers me that much, I didn’t even register it until I saw something on Facebook. I don’t know where yesterday went but…
Thursday 12 September 2024: Networking
First job of the day yesterday was to work on the story for 12 STORIES IN 12 MONTHS and get it submitted. I was right at the end of revising…
Wednesday 11 September 2024: WORDS WORTH READING Issue One out now!
It’s been a while since I made any promotional material. I forgot to do this for Monday’s post, forgot it yesterday, but remembered it today…(Well, I remembered it yesterday really,…
Tuesday 10 September 2024: Bonus work time
I had bonus work time Monday morning as before I’d even got out of bed there was a text message from my dentist saying the hygienist was poorly and could…
Monday 8 September 2024: A weekend in Mablethorpe
Friday disappeared a bit sharpish. I’m glad to say that I did indeed clear the proofs for the client edit I’ve been working on, leaving just the plates to proofread…
Friday 6 September 2024: More learning
I had a last minute dental appointment to attend yesterday (not an emergency) at 12:15pm, but the Tour of Britain bike race was starting at 11am, finishing at around 2pm,…
Thursday 5 September 2024: Tired just looking at it all
September work proper finally got underway yesterday. But still I had to rejig things around so that I don’t fall too far behind. I’ve had to step away from the…
Wednesday 4 September 2024: Free image Wednesday
I had a play yesterday with AI-generated art, but I very quickly got confused and concerned about, well, everything really. Within an hour or so of publishing them, I took…
Tuesday 3 September 2024: Hello, September!
Ah, September! The start of my annual work schedule, which probably harks back to school and college days when the new term started in September. I don’t have an academic…
Monday 2 September 2024: August wrap-up
I seem to have vanished down a dark hole towards the end of last week. I didn’t, honest. But I was ravingly mad busy. Of course, I had this massive…
Wednesday 28 August 2024: I’ve always been PC…
No, not politically correct – I’ve never really been that kind of PC, despite being equality officer for the NUJ for a while. I mean personal computer. I’ve never been…
Tuesday 27 August 2024: Working on the schedule
On Thursday night I went to bed with a good feeling: I didn’t have to get up to do any work for anyone else in the morning, only me. That…
Monday 26 August 2024: Bank holiday
It’s a bank holiday in the UK today and I’m taking the day off. If you are too, I hope you have a great day. See you tomorrow with how…
Friday 23 August 2024: Late summer bank holiday already!
I can’t believe we’re at the late summer bank holiday weekend already! Where on earth did that year go? It’s shooting by in a blur. By the end of the…
Thursday 22 August 2024: Probate papers have left the building!
The final Probate accounts have left the building. I was going to take mine to the post office yesterday to get a signed-for receipt. However, my sister was happy to…
Wednesday 21 August 2024: Converting books
The campervan was due in for its first service (with us) and we got up early to go and collect it. I dropped the poet off at the compound, followed…
Tuesday 20 August 2024: I did a BIG job yesterday
I had a lot of catching up to do yesterday, and yet I spent the first half of the day doing bitty stuff. Like yesterday’s blog post and publication planning….
Monday 19 August 2024: More unexpected DIY
I spent most of Friday catching up with the proofreading job. I’d done my own proofreading, but now I had to consolidate mine with the author’s and the proofreader’s. It…
Friday 16 August 2024: Up to my neck in pictures
Oh, my goodness! I’ve only gone and chosen an image by the founder of Pixabay himself! 😮 The day started quite well yesterday. The plan was to finally send out…
Thursday 15 August 2024: Back in a trade union!
While I started everything up on Wednesday, I also started my weekly tech scan for viruses. As that ran, I read through A DAY AT THE RACES and made a…





























