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?

Sat down and did my quarterly plan yesterday and figured out what I’d like to achieve over the next three months. Going to put some attention on redrafting a short-story this week, given that my brain is still rattled by a new course of anti-depressants.

What’s inspiring me this week?

I’ve been on a short-story kick for the last few days, and finally got around to reading The Best of Joe R. Lansdale which was, frankly, pretty damn incredible. Lansdale’s a writer with an enormous level of control over the voice and mood of his stories, and his ability to turn a phrase is incredible.

What part of my project an I avoiding?

Setting goals and frameworks around my work every day. I still haven’t quite worked out what’s a reasonable thing to aim for, given the whackiness of medication, but it’s starting to make me irritable about the feeling that I’m not moving forward.