Tuesday 2 January 2024: December wrap-up

I made a few decisions during December to stop doing a few things, some of which appeared on the to-do list for the last time. I also calculated how much time I had to work on my own material going forward, and how many different projects I could take on, the details of which can be found in the bit in the middle post at the end of last week.

I started work on three short stories during December, but they grew and grew and grew into something bigger than what I can turn around in a few days. I won’t be sending the fallen angel trilogy off just yet, but I will schedule them in properly in the new year. They’re ticked below because I did work on them and because I’m not being specific in what part of the process I’m actually working on.

December wrap-up

Here, then, is how December went:

• new month wordcount & progress spreadsheets for December ✅
• The Secret of Whitehorse Farm ✅
• (week) daily blog post ✅
• weekly tech scan ✅
• weekly backup ✅
• weekly diary work ✅
• post the latest chapters of Diary of a Scaredy Cat to Substack every Monday ✅
• attend PF Writing Hour on X (formerly Twitter) every Tuesday ✅ (abandoned towards end of month/year)
• continue to edit the naval book ✅
• Monkey Dust admin every Monday ✅
• Diane’s gig list admin every Monday and Thursday ✅
• finances for January ✅
• tax return ✅
• take dog to vet twice ✅
• The Loch Ness Monster (short story) ❎ (project cancelled)
• The Midnight Labyrinth (short story) ✅ (project deferred)
• Fallen Angel (short story) ✅ (project deferred)
• The Map of Lost Places (short story) ✅ (project deferred)
• The Two of Wands (short story) ❎ (project deferred)
• Laughter is the Best Medicine (article) ❎ (project cancelled)
• monthly schedule planning for January ✅
• 2 weeks holiday ❎ (I had just over a week off in the end)
• Christmas ✅

Extras

• doctor’s appointment ✅
• finish editing naval book ✅

How did your December go?

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