The Sunday Circle is the weekly check-in where I ask the creative-types who follow this blog to weigh in about their goals, inspirations, and challenges for the coming week. The logic behind it can be found here. Want to be involved? It’s easy – just answer three questions in the comments or on your own blog (with a link in the comments here, so that everyone can find them).
After that, throw some thoughts around about other people’s projects, ask questions if you’re so inclined. Be supportive above all.
Then show up again next Sunday when the circle updates next, letting us know how you did on your weekly project and what you’ve got coming down the pipe in the coming week (if you’d like to part of the circle, without subscribing to the rest of the blog, you can sign-up for reminders via email here).
MY CHECK-IN
What am I working on this week? I have to get all the confirmation documents into the university by 4:00 PM Monday, which means the rest of this week will be spent putting together the 20 minute presentation that’s due on the 31st of January and carefully proofreading You Don’t Want To Be Published. I’ll also be doing a little pre-planning on a couple of stories – throwing around ideas, thinking through the speculative elements and the consequences of putting them there. I’ll need a new story or two by the end of February, at this stage, so I’ll want some options that seem fun.
What’s inspiring me this week?
I’ve been listening to season eleven of the Writing Excuses podcast on my evening walk this week, and their ongoing discussion of elemental genres and how they can be used is brilliant. I’m a fan of the WE crew at the best of times, given that they’re not afraid to talk about writing beyond the advice-for-beginners stage, but this is probably the best season they’ve done in terms of actual, useful ideas about writing for folks who already have the basics of story down.
What action do I need to take?
The most pressing is sitting down with the full list of things that I’ve got to get done for the confirmation submission Monday and making sure I’ve got them all. I caught one thing I’d overlooked this afternoon, while double-checking formatting, and there are so much paperwork attached to this thing that I’m paranoid.
