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?
Most of my plans for last week were predicated on “when I recover from this damn flu,” but that didn’t end up being a thing until Friday and there’s been so much chaos at home since then that I still haven’t picked up the treads.
Which means the plans for this week are virtually identical to last week: spend a few days re-familiarizing myself with all the projects in progress, start the typing-up process of the handwritten drafts so far, and get all the little admin stuff done so I can hit the ground running next week.
What’s inspiring me this week?
Paul Heyman is booking pro-wrestling for the first time since 2006. This probably doesn’t mean much if you’re not a wrestling fan, but it’s huge news if you are–I first started following pro-wrestling week-to-week in Heyman’s Smackdown era and I’ve frequently gone out of my way to listen to his philosophies on booking wrestling, or to read up on the philosophies of guys who have worked with him (including, it should be said, a guy named Al Snow, which is how I ended up writing an essay).
What’s exciting about Heyman is the way he innovates, but also the way he pays attention to the little things–a tight focus on continuity and building threads by having people comment on things through a show. I’m enormously excited about wrestling for the first time in years, and I’m looking forward to watching how things play out.
What action do I need to take?
A new round of classes kicks off in a couple of weeks, and I am not-yet-up-to-speed on what’s going to be required, so I really need to spend a chunk of this week reading guidelines, thinking about resources, and actually logging the details in my Quarterly plan so I remember when marking is coming in and where I need to be.
I’ve ended up taking a short, unscheduled break from writing newsletters over the last fourteen days. Regular GenrePunk Ninja transmissions will resume
Like many of you, I have good weeks and bad weeks on the writing front. This week has been rocky, and if
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What am I working on this week?
Primary edit pass through the latest novella. I’d like to have it done this week and prepped for beta reading.
What’s inspiring me this week?
The second (and final, I guess) season of The Punisher has been pretty good so far.
What action do I need to take?
Going by the old 80/20 rule, I keep my morning work sessions for writing or editing. But there are other things to do and I get through them haphazardly. The really important ones get done, but the still important but not critical ones tend to slide a bit. I need to put some effort into a system for tracking and ticking off these activities. There are things I’ve been putting in this part of my comment for months, probably that don’t get done. Time to address that.