Tag: Writer’s Log
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Writer’s Log: Rest, recuperation and replanning
Taking time for recovery At the beginning of March I left my job with the goal of refocusing on writing. I was excited, I was enthusiastic…and I was exhausted. As someone with chronic illnesses, one of them being Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (also known as M.E.), it wasn’t surprising that I…
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Writer’s Log: Let’s get into the data
Looking at how my website did in its first quarter At the end of January, I posted a log examining how the first couple of months on the website had gone, and I’d thought I’d do another log examining the whole first quarter of the website. Previously a consultant by…
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Writer’s Log: Plans, plots and the journey ahead
Switching career tracks to focus on writing is scary but I’m doing it anyway This coming Friday I will leave my current job and for the first time in eleven years start working for myself. It’s not the first time that I’ve worked for myself, but back when I did…
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Writer’s Log: Is having a website dedicated to writing worth it?
January was my first full month with my writing website. How did I do? Back in December, I decided to get real about my writing in 2024 and set-up this website. It took a couple of days to get the rough shape of the website in place, and then a couple of…
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Writer’s Log: Writing Stories for Me
Putting validation and reward for writing into perspective I was creating fanfiction from an early age, yet I only started to post in 2005 when I got stuck in an endless rejection cycle from book publishers stating, ‘your writing is good, but this isn’t what we’re looking for,’ and wanted…
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Writer’s Log: Looking Forward to 2024
When life gives you lemons…make lemonade to drink while writing Normally I do a review of 2023, but quite honestly, last year was pants. Of my writing projects, I only managed to get 7 new stories posted (10 if I’m generous and include the 3 stories in A Future in…
Storytime with Rachel F Hundred 