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?

There’s ten days until I deliver my conference paper and all Fiction work has largely been shuttered until that’s cleared. This week will see me finalise the order of the lit review (finally!) and write up the actual critical section, with the goal of giving it to my supervisor for a quick look around Friday. Then, I have a short window in which to write something else before the conference actually hits next week.

What’s inspiring me this week?

I’ve been reading a lot of Marie Kondo this week–a re-read with regards to her first book, but a first read of Spark Joy. This has been accompanied by a hell of a lot of tidying and creating space in our tiny apartment, but it’s also sparked a lot of interesting thoughts with regards to fiction and making your living as a creative. I did a more thorough examination for my newsletter subscribers this week, but there’s a good deal of insight in Kondo’s work that illuminates why figuring out what you want from writing is so damned hard.

What action do I need to take?

Reading, mostly. I need to give the five books I’ll be talking about a more recent once-over and make some notes before I write the next part of the presentation.