November didn’t go quite as planned.
Grand-doggy #1 didn’t come for a fortnight, but he did come for a few days. All Monkey Dust gigs were cancelled or postponed, so I didn’t have any admin to do for that. The poet was unwell and then I was unwell. And lots of jobs were deleted or moved along.
November wrap-up!
Here, then, is how November went in the end:
- create graphic for Hello November ✔️
- create graphic for November wrap-up ✔️
- new word-count spreadsheet for November ✔️
- Writing Prompts for May 2025 ✔️
- 2 book reviews ❌
- newsletter ❌ (postponed to Christmas)
- revise Rainbow Chronicles #1 (Catch the Rainbow) ❌
- write Nettie Campbell mystery #1 (Great Novella Challenge #1) ✔️
- pre-write Lady Matilda investigation #1 (Great Novella Challenge #2) ❌ (Book #2 has changed, but it didn’t require any pre-writing in November)
- 12 STORIES IN 12 MONTHS ✔️
- 7 stories over 5 weeks (inc. 12 STORIES) ❌
- client proofread: Holocaust book ✔️
- (week) daily blog post ✔️
- (week) daily tech declutter ✔️
- weekly diary work ✔️
- weekly finances ❌
- weekly market work ❌
- monthly date work ✔️
- Monkey Dust admin ❌
- Diane’s gig list admin every Thursday ✔️
- 2 Monkey Dust gigs ❌
- Darts gig (the band, not the sport) ✔️
- monthly schedule planning for December ✔️
- advance finances for December ✔️
- update 12-project spreadsheet (week) daily ✔️
- finish focus study bundle #1 on writing with depth ❌
- start focus study bundle #2 on writing with depth ❌
- hair appointment ✔️
- dental appointment ✔️
- hospital appointment ✔️
- grand-doggy #1 coming ✔️
- grand-doggy #2 coming ✔️
There are far too many red crosses on there…Fortunately I have some…
Extras
- publish Paper Roses Wordsworth Short 33 ✔️
- entertain Sky engineer ✔️
- publish The Kite Festival Wordsworth Short 34 ✔️
- argue the toss with robots at D2D ✔️
- entertain emergency plumber ✔️
- entertain pest control twice ✔️
- take poet for 2 x-rays ✔️
- publish Harvey’s Festival Wordsworth Short 35 ✔️
Phew! That’s better.
How was your November?
November was kind of all over the place. There wasn’t enough freelance work, reminding me that I need to focus, early next year, on replacing the client that was my biggest client the past two years with someone who doesn’t make empty promises, but actually coughts up the promised work (and no, I can’t ask for deposits; it’s agency work). So that was an unwelcome reality check, but necessary.
I enjoyed slowing down. I’m tired, and prepping for some good projects in the upcoming year. So I’m going to enjoy the holidays as much as possible.
Good luck replacing the unreliable client, starting some fab projects, and enjoying the holidays!