Lots of progress on my May publications yesterday with three of them now at the printers for media set-up. The next stage of that process is to get an 'eproof' of the paperback after which I'll order physical proof copies to review. I'll do this once I have prepared Tilt in a similar way (likely … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 24th March →

A really busy day yesterday with two highlights. The first was being able to have a full read-through of Crash with Andy, and the second was having Julia Usman as guest reader at Ripon Writers' Group talking about - and reading from - her autobiographical book, A Little Country. It was clear that Julia's book … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 23rd March →

Back in the groove yesterday, helped by my spending time working in the Claro lounge before I did my library stint, and then staying in town (at the Claro again!) between that and 'Write-on Ripon'. How did I spend all that time? Well a fair amount went on drafting initial thoughts on the back-cover blurb … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 22nd March →

I managed to get through a fair bit of document preparation yesterday in terms of May publication. It's a process you can't hurry given it can be all too easy to miss out a step, or set a document margin at 1.2 cm rather than 1.8 cm etc. The next task - preparing the covers … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 21st March →

Well, that was a little bit more like it yesterday. A concerted effort saw me right through to the end of my Tilt revision which now means it can join my other work in a mid-May publication bonanza! Whether that's the right or wrong thing to do commercially I've no idea, but getting the titles … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 20th March →

Sometimes I can be really lazy. Just occasionally mind. And although I know it's good to recharge from time to time, when this happens I really don't like myself very much. In my workshop about 'Planning' I try to emphasise that you can't get back time lost: a day wasted is a day wasted... And … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 19th March →

So here we are again, nearly 80 consecutive days of posting. Someone asked me yesterday whether my daily update had become a chore, but I can honestly say it hasn't. Rather it feels more like a heartbeat which kick-starts the day. A literary defibrillator, perhaps! And what of yesterday? Well, it proved to be as … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 18th March →

Unfortunately, owing to events beyond my control, the Crash rehearsal didn't happen yesterday which meant the day proved a bit of a damp squib. I did manage to do a little further work reviewing Tilt, and some more on "C", but you know what it's like when you're set on a plan that you don't … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 17th March →

I shouldn't be surprised that I did no work of any real note yesterday. Not only was it a 'transition day' after the retreat on which I mentored, but it offered me a chance to 'refill the tanks'. On Tuesday, after the final workshop and a full-on day of 1-2-1s, I had been absolutely drained; … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 16th March →

Sometimes on retreats there is something of a 'push' on the final day - and yesterday was a case in point: a full book of 1-2-1s, chairing two workshops, plus the 'read around' in the evening. Thoroughly enjoyable. Yesterday, one 'newbie' asked a seasoned 'Retreater' which had been their favourite retreat. It's an interesting - … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 15th March →