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Tag: Camp NaNoWriMo

That time of year – planning!

1 December 2022 Diane writer at work

Today is 1 December, which means for me it’s the time of year for planning ahead. And I have a lot of planning to do for next year if I want to be more productive yet stop working through the

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28 June 2022 Diane News

Subscribe to the mailing list Subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story every month. For the month of July, there’s a weekly newsletter following me at CampNaNo. Follow this link or use the form below to sign

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Plan for April 2021

6 April 2021 Diane plan for the month

Image by Alexander Stein from Pixabay I had a lovely Easter break, something I planned on due to being so busy again just recently. I even finished work at a respectable time on Thursday in order to enjoy the full

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 20 (last day)

31 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

With me finishing the revisions of Twee Tales Too on Wednesday, I already had an extra hour today. Then when I checked in to the content-editing workroom, there was no work, so that was another extra hour today. I hoped that

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 19 of 20 (in the end)

30 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

So this great plan of mine to be at my desk by 9am and write for 4 hours was foiled before I even got there. The poet was working from home and he had a Skype meeting (or a Team

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 18

29 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

As well as arriving very late to my desk this morning, I then got distracted. Three times. First of all, I saw that Martin Lewis, our money saving expert, has helped produce a textbook for schools, designed to teach kids

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 17 + How to calculate your hourly rate

28 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

Although technically I wasn’t at my desk at quite 9am today, I was still working. I was doing my daily email declutter, responding to emails and turning down work. I had around half a dozen work invitations in my inbox

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 16

27 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

Oops, skipped a day … From this week, my 10-project writing planner has a new project attached. It’s a proofreading job, and I want it finished by the end of Friday. Next week, I add a different project to my

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 14

24 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

After quite a bit of rigmarole (see yesterday’s post) I finally started work yesterday afternoon. I was keen to do some work for the client as well as some writing for myself. So I allocated us both at least an

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day off (rant alert)

22 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

Time was already tight this week with so many errands and deliveries booked in, so when the internet fell over – yet again – yesterday morning, I was not a happy bunny. Every time the internet crashes, which is around

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 13

21 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

On Saturday we managed to get out for another bit of a drive. We ended up in Lincoln, as I’ve never been before. We had a lovely meal at a pavement table, as we had the dog with us, and

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 12

20 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

After all of my bluster about starting the day writing, on the very first day I failed spectacularly. Friday was a Very Busy Day. The poet’s car was due in for its MOT. I had a hair appointment. And it

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 11

17 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

Leaving my own work until the end of the day doesn’t work. It doesn’t get done. Especially if I’m busy on client work that has a solid deadline. Soft deadlines work for other people. They don’t work for me. So

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day Off

16 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

The day started on time yesterday, but much of the morning was spent on admin. I checked in with the content editing job first thing, but there was no work waiting for me. They did this a couple of weeks

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Camp NaNoWriMo – Day 10

15 July 2020 Diane Uncategorized

The poet went back to work on Wednesday 1 July, his furlough over for now. Within 7 days of him mixing with people again, we both had signs of a cold. I’m about 2 days behind him. I work from

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