Storytime with Rachel F Hundred

Category: Writer’s Log

  • Writer’s Log: Chronic means chronic

    Living with a chronic illness means it never goes away. I have struggled over the past three weeks. I’m still struggling. When last I blogged, I was celebrating finding time to write, carving out space even if it was a small amount almost every day to keep writing. I’d succeeded…

  • Writer’s Log: Finding the ‘write’ time

    Or, in other words, actively finding time to write. My focus at the beginning of the year has been on ensuring that I carve out time to write, fully making it a priority in amongst everything else that I juggle and the continuing illnesses which plague me (the flu making…

  • Writer’s Log: Back in the Game

    Finding my writing groove again. I am celebrating being on track with my writing. For once. It hasn’t been easy, but I’ve been militant about making sure I have time for writing. There are three reasons why I feel I’ve been successful in that over the past couple of weeks.…

  • Writer’s Log: Getting the Ball Rolling

    Or in other words, beginning my 2026. We are up and running! I am really proud of the progress I’ve made in the last two weeks. It has not been easy as I have still been recovering from flu fatigue (still coughing and spluttering occasionally), but I have made a…

  • Writer’s Log: Flu Derailment

    Slowly getting back on track. I have been derailed not once but twice since the beginning of December with flu. For those who may not know, there is a nasty variant of flu going around the UK. Most people have had it. A lot of people have had to take…

  • Writer’s Log: Busy as a bee

    Until a week of resting like a sloth. It has simultaneously been a long three weeks and a short three weeks. The first two weeks post my last writing log flew by in a blink because I packed a lot into the hours and minutes. Let’s begin with writing. I…

  • Writer’s Log: Celebrating Small Wins

    Because sometimes small wins are the only wins. I finally managed to get a story finished! It has been months since I managed to write a story to completion. I’m thrilled that I have finally managed to achieve it! I’ve also managed over the past month to write four poems,…

  • Writer’s Log: Making Progress

    I am a tortoise. But that is OK. It feels bizarre that it was only two weeks ago that I was writing about problems with my muse. I am happy to report that I am making progress once more with my writing. Indeed, I have started making better progress on…

  • Writer’s Log: Muse Issues

    When inspiration is foggy and made worse with outside disruptive commentary. A couple of weeks back, I noted the difficulty in getting back into the writing habit after time away caused by other work commitments. It can feel like a slog, a chore, deeply uncomfortable. It is even more uncomfortable…

  • Writer’s Log: Like a snail…

    One slow step at a time. A writer writes. Or so the saying goes. I am sure there are countless examples of many writers who do another job to keep the bills paid, and who continue writing in every spare minute they manage to find in a day. I am…