Category: writer at work
In a quandary
It was all going so well … With us “breaking up” for the Easter period and me submitting the history book late Thursday night, I was all set to crack…
A new office
So I have a desk in the dining room overlooking the bird table in the garden. The desk is of a very dark oak and it goes very well with…
The end is nigh
… well, I say the end is nigh when really what I mean is the end of the writing part is nigh. For the past two weeks I’ve been in the…
Round-up & to-do list
Last week I had a proper ol’ blitzing of the work in progress. Here’s how I did: stitch everything together for the Cadbury book On Monday I added 2,728 words…
Diary of a non-fiction book: an update
The last time the diary of a non-fiction book appeared was at the end of October 2017. I was about to embark on NaNoWriMo 2017 and the history book was…
Round-up & to-do list
I had a much better week last week. I knuckled down, kept track of where I was and how much I’d done, and just got on with things . Here’s…
The 10% pot
Many writers I know are very sensible about looking after their money. They do their taxes throughout the year, so they’re ready to go at tax time, and they save…
Round-up & to-do list
Last week I “came back to work” struggling to get motivated. I had a HUGE to-do list that consisted of at least nine things I needed to be doing. I…
The income octopus
Brendan van Son is a travel journalist-turned-photographer/digital nomad. He’s also one of the poet’s favourite vloggers. AND he’s one I’ll watch too. One of the things we like about him…
Time-suckers
Yesterday I looked at all of the jobs I currently have to do or would like to do. Today I’m going to consider some of the things that get in…
Struggling to get motivated (list alert)
I’ll be honest. I’ve been struggling to get motivated to do my own writing. All was very well to the end of November, when I completed NaNoWriMo 2017. But December…
Working with a timer
When I’m really, really busy and start to feel overwhelmed with the amount of work I have yet to do, I resort to the Pomodoro Tomato technique. In fact, I…
… and breathe …
Last night I finished a job that has been hanging around since before Christmas. It was billed as a “heavy proofreading” job, but it turned out to need a LOT…
Time for a change (*** LIST ALERT ***)
I had a bit of a flurry of new followers over the weekend – welcome to you all – and I have no idea where they all came from. However,…
