In continuing today’s prepping of the article, I’ve come up against a challenge. Lots of my materials are in French, which I can either read and note from straight… or I can translate. Normally I do the former. After all, there’s no point in having loads of translated text which I don’t then use. ButContinueContinue reading “Day 7 – Reading, translation and possible pause projects?”
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Day 6 – What’s the point?
Having taken Monday off to attend a memorial I worked sporadically yesterday, still reading and making notes, but using the Silent Zoom Writing Group (which I’ll do another post on shortly) for support. This morning, I’ve returned to reading… but to reading that’s left me with a question. Given that I’ve now got my headContinueContinue reading “Day 6 – What’s the point?”
Day 3 – Pick the right gear… particularly if you’re lacking momentum.
Today, the AWP2024 is on a Writers’ Retreat so, although I’m writing, I’m also a bit distracted; thinking about whether the weather will allow us to go for a lunchtime walk, scouring the room for raised hands and listening for noises to squash. So my mind is drifting a bit… and, when that happens, IContinueContinue reading “Day 3 – Pick the right gear… particularly if you’re lacking momentum.”
Day 2 – Reading, and prepping a retreat
Yesterday went well. I found a few additional things to add into the reading, including some background material that I’ll use in the introduction to situate the issue. Today I’m reading more… I’m trying not to find too much at the moment. I only need enough for a solid introduction and I can always beefContinueContinue reading “Day 2 – Reading, and prepping a retreat”
Thinking through what to write next
This morning, I’ve been trying to work out what to write next. Don’t get me wrong, I have a whole list of ‘possible’ projects but I’ve hit the end of a series of publications almost all at the same time (bad timing? poor planning?), and all the ones that I’ve had on the reserve listContinueContinue reading “Thinking through what to write next”
The Garage of Books 