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’ve got page proofs and final copy for a new Short Fiction Lab release to finish off in the early parts of the week, and then I’ve got a few days to focus on finishing the Warhol Sleeping project. This will probably start with a compile of the current draft and a thorough re-read of where I’m up to–having to stop work on it halfway through a major rewrite of the third section means I’ve got two different books in my head at the moment and I’m not sure what I’m really working with. 

What’s inspiring me this week?

I finished reading all three books in Paul Thomas’ Ihaka Trilogy, which involves a narrative style that breaks a whole bunch of rules people tend to rattle on about with regards to writing. It delves into big chunks of exposition about its characters, skips between heads in the middle of scenes, and generally brings its protagonist on-stage about a quarter of the way through the narratives.

And all of it works, in a very engaging way, and there’s plenty of techniques in this series that have got my thinking about the way they could be applied in other genres. 

What action do I need to take?

We’re three days into February and I’m yet to do a monthly plan, which is probably foolish given that I’ll need to factor in some new teaching work into my routine and make sure I’m prepared for the coming semester.