Just a quick post today. I’m going to do my best to start updating more regularly. This is as much for me as it is for anyone else. I’m starting to plan out my ideas about moving forward. Continue editing and posting A Charm for the Nameless Child. This is my immediate project. I’m in…
Category: Update
Life is Change
And changeful. And changing. Anyone who has been reading my work for the last few years will likely know that I’ve been close to burn out for quite some time. I was working as an academic and the enormous weight of workload and expectations was getting to be too much. I found it hard not…
Update on life and writing
I’m sure that I’ve been told that one should never start a post or update with an apology. But, here we are. I have been out of communication for a while now. Towards the middle of last year, I found myself slipping into a state of burnout. The upshot was that I needed to step…
Touching up the webpage
Not much to add. I’ve done some toying around with the webpage and changed the general appearance. At the moment, I prefer this incarnation to the last one. It is a bit more alive and colourful. Will continue to tinker though.
Feeling Better
I’ve been improving. The strange thing about burnout is that there is very little one can do to try and fix it. Taking on extra ‘self-care’ tasks may actually add to the feeling of overwhelming exhaustion. At some point I’d like put together something more coherent about getting past a state of burnout. For now,…
Burnout and Writing
Burnout is all over the internet at the moment. For the first time in my life I feel fashionable. I’ve been spending a bit of time just trying to give myself as much rest as I can get when not at work or looking after our little toddler. I’m feeling better for it, although I…
Okay, so, I’m definitely sailing close to burnout
This is something that I’ve been avoiding thinking about, or looking squarely at for some time now. Until the last few weeks, I wasn’t even certain what was going on, but I’m now fairly convinced that I’m wandering along the borderlands of burnout. I also think this is a mixed burnout. It’s not just writing…
Plan moving forward
I’ve had a break for a couple weeks, and it’s now time for me to think about my plan for moving forward with this series. At this stage there are a couple immediate things to consider: The next books, A Charm for the Nameless Child, is complete as a first draft, but I suspect it is going to need some…
A skip and a delay
First, apologies for missing last week. Just my usual parade of excuses, tiredness, business, family and workload all combining. I have writing finished to post, but it will have to be tomorrow. The evening has got on a bit too late unfortunately. However, I will have something up for you tomorrow.
Another delayed post
Although it should be up by tomorrow. Just a long day, and the hours have gotten away from me a bit. Thanks for your understanding.