It's February!
01st February 2022
Well, as long as January was, I cannot believe it’s over but I’m thankful it is. It wasn’t the friendliest of months, bringing with it negative news sometimes weekly, sometimes daily. Twin with it the dark mornings and evenings, it’s been quite a challenge. But on to the new.
As I write this, February looks sunny and breezy. The sunshine helps keep the nasties at bay so when I tell you a stack of notebooks are on my desk, you’ll understand why I need the Vit D shot. My plan is to go through the notebooks, page by page, to see what I can keep and what to discard. It’s an early Spring-clean if you will. I like to clear the decks as much as I can because clutter in all its forms can serve to bring us down when it feels like we’re wading through mud.
Along with the literary decluttering, quite the opposite in fact, I’ve been bulk-creating podcast episodes. The idea being if I create at least half a season’s worth in one go, I can focus my time on everything else.
I’ve been editing my current novel before it goes out to beta readers. Final edits can be seen as a declutter, so if that’s what you’ve got ahead of you but you’re struggling with it, why not send it this way?
There are two ways I can assist: you can join my monthly coaching group and submit 500 words each month for friendly criticism and suggestions, or I can perform a line edit, structural edit, and/or proofread on the entire manuscript. Whatever your literary needs, chances are you can find help through one of my services.
Finally, this week’s episode of The Versatile Writer is on the topic of Beta Readers, so if you have questions about using one or being one, you may well find the answer there. Here’s the link https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-d5e2h-1191fa2 Please subscribe to it and share it on social media. It could be just what someone’s been waiting to hear. If you do, please tag me in: @sjbwrites on Twitter, Sarah Banham on Facebook, and s.j.banham on Instagram.
Until next month, here’s wishing you sunshine and productive writing,
Sjb 😊
As I write this, February looks sunny and breezy. The sunshine helps keep the nasties at bay so when I tell you a stack of notebooks are on my desk, you’ll understand why I need the Vit D shot. My plan is to go through the notebooks, page by page, to see what I can keep and what to discard. It’s an early Spring-clean if you will. I like to clear the decks as much as I can because clutter in all its forms can serve to bring us down when it feels like we’re wading through mud.
Along with the literary decluttering, quite the opposite in fact, I’ve been bulk-creating podcast episodes. The idea being if I create at least half a season’s worth in one go, I can focus my time on everything else.
I’ve been editing my current novel before it goes out to beta readers. Final edits can be seen as a declutter, so if that’s what you’ve got ahead of you but you’re struggling with it, why not send it this way?
There are two ways I can assist: you can join my monthly coaching group and submit 500 words each month for friendly criticism and suggestions, or I can perform a line edit, structural edit, and/or proofread on the entire manuscript. Whatever your literary needs, chances are you can find help through one of my services.
Finally, this week’s episode of The Versatile Writer is on the topic of Beta Readers, so if you have questions about using one or being one, you may well find the answer there. Here’s the link https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-d5e2h-1191fa2 Please subscribe to it and share it on social media. It could be just what someone’s been waiting to hear. If you do, please tag me in: @sjbwrites on Twitter, Sarah Banham on Facebook, and s.j.banham on Instagram.
Until next month, here’s wishing you sunshine and productive writing,
Sjb 😊