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More rabbit holes

25 October 2021 Diane writer at work

I got up too late and was too tired to do any NaNo prep work on Friday and I ended up down a rabbit hole in any case. Well, I ended up down so many rabbit holes, in fact, that

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NaNoWriMo Prep Day Zero

21 October 2021 Diane NaNoWriMo

Prep Day Zero is actually all of the prep work for the prep work. For me, it’s reminding myself of the steps that work when I outline a project, and this week I’ve created tasks in my Asana project file.

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Hatfield Moor

12 October 2020 Diane writer at work

WordPress was having a bit of a hissy fit today. First of all, it wouldn’t let me create or edit a post in Edge, and then it wouldn’t let me preview a post in Opera or Edge.  However, as I

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As busy as a bee 🐝

28 September 2020 Diane writer at work

Image by chezbeate from Pixabay After watching the weather, the poet decided to go fishing on Friday. So I put together an editing bag and took the work with me that came in on Thursday morning. By the end of

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Do you need a logo?

4 August 2020 Diane writer at work

So I’ve been reading this series about making money from home (Make Money from Home series by Sally Miller), and I’m finding it very interesting and informative. I’m trying a few things out that they suggest, and one of those

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August 2020: Plan for the month (lists alert!)

3 August 2020 Diane writer at work

After basking in my Camp NaNoWriMo winner glory for a moment or two, I finished work late on Friday. It was about 9pm here, so about 11pm for my client. The work was mostly late because Word had a bit

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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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