Tag: editing
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,…
Wednesday 7 August 2024: A week away
On the Friday we broke up for our week away, I ended up stopping work 2 hours earlier than planned because campsite #1 called and asked us to make sure…
Friday 26 July 2024: Another early start
We had another early start because the campervan was due in for its MOT first thing, and it was due in a whole hour before my car had been booked…
Thursday 25 July 2024: Editing all day
We had an early start yesterday. My car was due in for its MOT first thing and the poet was following me. I put a load of washing through while…
Tuesday 23 July 2024: Two jobs a day
The weather forecast for Saturday was way too hot for us to take the dog for a walk, so the day out we’d originally planned for Saturday was moved to…
Thursday 20 June 2024: More writing!
After a late night on Sunday submitting the cosy mystery for the anthology, Monday started later than usual. Over breakfast, though, I dealt with emails, one of which had come…
Monday 17 June 2024: Seem to be getting there
Friday morning began with the client edit pdf proof landing. This has also gone to the author and to a proofreader. Once we’ve all had a look, I’ll consolidate the…
Friday 24 May 2024: Editing all day
It was almost 10pm by the time the poet returned home from his 3-day business trip. He’d left the house first thing Monday morning, and he got back just before…
Thursday 23 May 2024: The bells
I had a much better night on Tuesday. I left all of the inside doors open in the house and kept a window open in the bedroom, so I could…
Tuesday 21 May 2024: Busy weekend
Gosh what a busy weekend we had. Saturday We were up early on Saturday because we had a lot to do, and while the poet was getting something out of…
Friday 17 May 2024: Too many people. Again!
I forgot to add one more thing to my list of things I could do in Durham for the day yesterday. I could have an editing day. I think the…
Monday 13 May 2024: Another dental appointment!
First job Friday was rejigging the schedule over the next few weeks. I had to move a lot of things down the calendar that I didn’t get around to over…
Friday 10 May 2024: Halloween in May?
The Halloween cosy mystery novella course consists of a lot of prep and background work. Up to yesterday, that’s what I was working on. Watching videos, reading notes, and printing…
Thursday 9 May 2024: Cosmos? A word…
I had a steady day yesterday alternating between study and editing. At the moment I’m throwing everything at the Halloween novella writing course because it cost me money. A lot…
Friday 26 April 2024: Locked in!
Thursday morning I caught up with reading I IS FOR INNOCENT. I didn’t warm to this one straight away, but I think that’s because I didn’t really like H. However,…
Wednesday 24 April 2024: The Undercover Project has begun
The first job on Tuesday morning was to feed the dog, give him his medication, and feed the birds. The birds have been making a bit of a mess, recently….
Thursday 18 April 2024: And we’re off!
There comes a time when one has to step away from the systems, the processes, the planning, and just start work. And that’s what I started to do yesterday. First…
Monday 25 March 2024: Book review
It wasn’t too bad at the dentist on Friday. A little painful, a little sensitive. But not too bad. I came away with the cleanest teeth I can ever remember…
Friday 22 March 2024: At the dentist 😱
Stunning view of the historic pier of Puerto Natales, Chile, on the Seoret Channel, at sunrise on a summer day with the sky covered in gray and pink clouds –…
Monday 26 February 2024: A day of admin
I was awoken in the early hours of Friday morning by a lot of things all clamouring for my attention. They ran around in circles inside my head until in…
Thursday 22 February 2024: Rain!
Following Tuesdays shenanigans and rabbit holes, I made sure I didn’t look at anything yesterday anywhere until I had some work in the bag. I set a Pomodoro, determined to…
Monday 19 February 2024: Technical woes revisited
I did have plans on Friday to finish editing those extra pages for the big editing job. But the phone started to ring first thing regarding the sale of my…
Thursday 15 February 2024: I love listening to rain
One of the things I like about rain is to listen to it bouncing on the roof during the night. I love being in a tent or a caravan when…
Monday 12 February 2024: Budgeting to faff
I often notice myself disappearing down various rabbit holes. And these rabbit holes can be all shapes and sizes. Usually, they’re research holes. Often, they’re faffing holes, where I start…
Thursday 8 February 2024: Snow!
The snow was forecast for noon today. It was supposed to be wet snow, and it wasn’t likely to stick. At 7:30am, the rain started, right on schedule. By 8:30am,…
Tuesday 30 January 2024: Too much people, again…
I had too much people yesterday. Yes, two people is too much. (Although the second person was really three…) Saying that, the two dogs I saw were perfectly fine. One…
Monday 29 January 2024: Other people’s dogs…
Well, it’s been a busy few days again. Monkey Dust were back in the studio for rehearsals on Thursday and they had their first gig of the year on Saturday,…
Monday 8 January 2024: A constant day
We took the tree down on Thursday and it opened up the living room to such a lot of light. The last time the window was clear of the tree,…
Monday 18 December 2023: Up with the lark
Well, not so much up with the lark as up with the poet, but you get the drift. I had a very busy day ahead of me on Friday so…
Friday 15 December 2023: One of those days
I already knew I was going to be busy on Thursday. Raving busy in fact. So the plan was to just concentrate on one job until it was done and…
Tuesday 5 December 2023: Best laid plans of mice and men…
The rest of Friday was great. I can’t remember precisely how the rest of Friday went, but that has to be good, right? Ah yes, I remember… I did some…
Tuesday 28 November 2023: Onwards and upwards…
I had such good intentions yesterday. But as with the best laid plans, I think you know what’s coming next… The poet got off to a good start. He didn’t…
Monday 27 November 2023: A slow start
Running late today, so hopefully a quick one to catch up with. Friday was busy. I started the day with some editing. I didn’t have any writing workshops to watch,…