Tag: 200 words a day
Monday 4 December 2023: New planning process
I had to step away from both the blog and the planning work on Thursday and get on with some work. The blog was nudging 2,000 words and getting far…
Thursday 27 July 2023: A fair day
Yesterday went fairly well. It might be because the to-do list wasn’t very long, but I still shifted a fair few words and pages. I had two writing projects on…
Wednesday 26 July 2023: More proofreading
I had a slow start to the day yesterday, hitting my desk just in time to join in with the People’s Friend writing hour on Twitter… or X, or whatever…
Tuesday 25 July 2023: Wall to wall proofreading
The most pressing job I have to do this week is proofreading. The entire job is a whopping 527 pages, so I expect it to take the entire week. In…
Friday 21 July 2023: Back to normal for a bit
After the madness that was the previous few days, I took it easy yesterday. I didn’t rush around like a mad thing. I didn’t dash back to what I was…
Friday 14 July 2023: Horror stories give me nightmares
The last thing I did on Wednesday night was read another short story from the first set book for the fantasy thriller writing workshop. It was a horror story and…
Thursday 13 July 2023: I wrote a short story set on a ship
The very last thing I did before going to sleep on Tuesday night was plot out the storyline for The City of Glasgow. I used Story Plotter on my phone….
Wednesday 12 July 2023: Multi-tasking
I had a really good start to the day by remembering the People’s Friend writing hour on Twitter. So I got up and dressed in record time instead of languishing…
Tuesday 11 July 2023: A bit behind
The poet was up with the lark on Monday morning because he had a long drive south for a two-day business conference. And he really was driving to the bottom…
Monday 10 July 2023: Down came the rain
We were both really tired on Thursday night. Probably the previous few weeks catching up on us. I struggled to get up on Friday and was Very Late to my…
Friday 7 July 2023: 200 words a day
Wednesday didn’t turn out to be one of my better days. I hardly had any sleep Tuesday night and after my emergency run to the vet, I came home and…
Wednesday 5 July 2023: Cranking up the machine
I was having a slow and leisurely start to Tuesday, until I remembered it was the People’s Friend writing hour on Twitter at 11am. Usually I’m late or in a…
Tuesday 4 July 2023: Happy Fourth of July!
Happy 4th of July to all of my American friends and readers. Have a super day. Saturday On Saturday morning I hung out some washing, wrote our meal plan for…
Thursday 29 June 2023: Lots of reading
There was one thing I was struggling with on Affinity Publisher that I really wanted to sort out in my head. I couldn’t get the background of my magazine cover…
Wednesday 28 June 2023: The machine worked but the tech got me
I finished playing with Affinity Publisher on Sunday evening just as Elton John was finishing his set at Glastonbury. I will definitely use Publisher and I have used Affinity Photo…
Tuesday 27 June 2023: A shiny new toy
Friday was a bit of a lazy day in which I didn’t get through a lot of work, but I did do some things. Like hanging washing on the line,…
Friday 23 June 2023: A bit worried…
I was starting to get a bit concerned about the Brevo thing. They didn’t respond to my last email. The email they sent before that was threatening to close my…
Thursday 22 June 2023: Bumbling along
I slept really well on Tuesday night, and so did the dog. Which is probably why I slept so well. I had to wake him up he was in such…
Wednesday 21 June 2023: More rain
Yesterday began with me checking social media and emails while I had breakfast, and then I went straight into finishing the current book for NetGalley. I really enjoyed this one…
Tuesday 20 June 2023: A thunderstorm at last
We had thunderstorms forecast for the entire weekend and, naturally, I was keeping a close eye on them all via my app. Saturday On Saturday I wanted to go to…
Wednesday 14 June 2023: I found a writing podcast
I don’t know how I did it. I think a Twitter pal has been taking part in their 200-words-a-day challenge and I followed the link from there, tripped slightly, and…