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?

First draft of the article is done and my short-story rewrite is on track, so the major project taking up time in the coming week is getting back on track with the occult western.

What’s inspiring me this week?

Between con recovery, pressing deadline, and general malaise it has been a slow week of consuming things, but Penny Dreadful appeared on Stan this week and it is brilliant. Lavish, dark, glorious, with Eva Green’s incredible poise as Venessa Ives holding together some pretty outlandish scenes (I’m looking at you, Seance episode).

What part of my project an I avoiding?

I’ve got some big decisions on the horizon with the associated uncertainty causing some mild stress, and therefore I’m indulging in all my procrastinatory habits. Thus far, I’ve cycled through the writing plan of insanity, the day of manic productivity where I convince myself it’s possible, and the day of sloth that inevitably follows.

So, yeah, making big decisions and developing something akin to a plan so I’ll stop being distracted and actually get back to a regular work schedule.