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52 Weeks of Writing: Week 37—I did this course so you don't have to.

52 Weeks of Editing

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 37—I did this course so you don't have to.

Allow me to hold my hand up and say I haven't written any actual fiction over the last week. That total word count has been sitting at just over 80k words for what feels like a long time. We're at a knife-edge moment, and I'm sure Maali and Arandes are

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 36—Burnt out like burnt toast

52 Weeks of Editing

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 36—Burnt out like burnt toast

Oh boy no. Last weekend was a blistering run of success, at least in terms of writing out a somewhat decent first draft of an account of Amnar, thanks to a Deck of Worlds prompt. But, as is typical of my life, the minute I get up to speed, I

52 Weeks of Editing

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 22—This is the week I got my PhD again

Okay, so that was a week. Again, I have to hold my hands up right at the outset and admit that I haven't done any fiction writing this week. In fact, I've barely done any writing, other than journaling. I've maintained my streak on 4theWords and that is IT. A

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 19—Facing Procrastination with the Help of AI (part one)

52 Weeks of Editing

52 Weeks of Writing: Week 19—Facing Procrastination with the Help of AI (part one)

Because I'm still in the middle of a major health crisis, I need to lean on something highly controversial for help. My therapist knows I like to journal, so she recommended I try some AI prompts. The AI provides me with feedback on the answers I give, which I'll keep

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 15—When the Depression Monster Calls

52 Weeks of Editing

52 Weeks of Editing: Week 15—When the Depression Monster Calls

I'm late! I'm late! Here I am, a day late, rushing in like the White Rabbit, all flustered and confused. Let me tell you, it's been a week. For reasons I'll explain below, I couldn't write the blog update yesterday. In fact, let's make this whole blog post about not