Storytime with Rachel F Hundred

Category: Writer’s Log

  • Writer’s Log: Health First

    Because you can’t write without it. Health has to come first. It is the fundamental truth of adulting and life which nobody really tells you out loud until you’re already sick and flailing. Well. Nobody explicitly told me, which I think is a pretty common feature for Gen X. ‘Work’…

  • Writer’s Log: Keep on climbing that hill

    Even when you keep sliding down it. It has been a while since my last writer’s log in mid-March. Two and a half months later, here I am surfacing after what feels like two and a half months of simultaneously treading water and feeling like I’m drowning. Last time, I…

  • 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…