Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week?
- Meetings and Events –
- host Derby Stanza; YES
- attend Lincoln Creative Writers’ meeting. YES
- Writing projects –
- start drafting a new short story; YES
- continue working on Bound; YES
- work on Character profiles and timelines for the possible futuristic novel; NO
- recording seven more sonnets for ‘Sonnet Man’; YES
- trying to work on some new poems. SORT OF…
- spent two hours taking photos at Grimsby docks as a basis for some potential new poems – NEW
- Coverstory books –
- processing submissions as they come in for the Short Story collection and New Contexts: 6. YES
- produced the draft cover for NC:6 – NEW
- Sundries –
- meeting the reporter for ‘The Rasen Mail’. Postponed a week
The Grimsby Dock photography section was very interesting. I think I have some good visual material with which to work. And delighted with the cover for NC:6!
So, in terms of writing-related events and writing itself, what does the next week hold?
- Meetings and Events –
- mentoring full-time at a writers’ retreat Monday & Tuesday;
- attend an SoA event on the subject of Substack;
- attend a Zoom launch of three new collections of poetry;
- attend 1-to-3 events at the Alliance of Independent Authors annual conference.
- Writing projects –
- continue drafting one or more short stories;
- continue working on Bound;
- recording seven more sonnets for ‘Sonnet Man’;
- trying to work on some new poems (most likely based on Grimsby Docks).
- Coverstory books –
- processing submissions as they come in for the Short Story collection and New Contexts: 6.
- Sundries –
- meeting the reporter for ‘The Rasen Mail’.
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Ian Gouge - Writer 