The Sunday Circle: What Are You Working On This Week?

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’m gearing up to announce the next short story collection this week, which means focusing on proofing pages, producing meta-data/blurbs, and doing the text around the main text ahead of the launch-date at the close of the month.

On the writing front, it’s all engines go on the thesis—I’m aiming to get the critical half drafted by the end of November, then switching back to the creative work over the Christmas break.

What’s inspiring me this week?

My partner and I mainlined the first two seasons of The United States of Tara this week, which is a show full of incredible performances (particularly from Toni Collette). We’d been meaning to watch it for a very long time, but it’s only recently that we discovered it streaming on Amazon here in Australia. 

I tend to run a bit hot-and-cold on Diablo Cody’s obsessions as a screenwriter, but this is definitely one where things came together in an interesting way.  

What action do I need to take?

I mentioned being at the end of a long-running superhero RPG campaign back on Friday, and this coming week will see the final session to we wrap up an eight- or nine-year game. 

Which means it’s both time to plan this week’s sessions, but also put together some idea of how we’re going to transition to something new when we’re done.