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?

Moving forward on the second half of Float. I finished off six scenes worth of interrogation and escape yesterday, which means I’m kicking into the final sequence of the second act. It’s proving to be considerably slower than the last few weeks work, which is kinda frustrating, but I’ve got my fingers crossed that it’ll come together with a bit more planning.

What’s inspiring me this week?

I mainlined the first season of The Expanse on Netflix and it’s pretty damn incredible. It’s basically got all the things that I liked from Game of Thrones, transferred into space and without the obsession with rape as a plot device (so far). I kinda want to go and track down my copy of Leviathan Awakes now, so I can take a look at how they handle all the little bits of world-building in a written narrative.

What part of my project an I avoiding?

Sleep. I have written the words sleep is not negotiable so many times I should probably break down and tattoo them on the back of my eyelids, and my ability to make sensible life decision always gets wobbly the moment depression flares up. I’ve done a lot of stupid, not-great-for-my-mental-health decisions over the last few days, but dropping down to an average of four hours of sleep a night has probably been the dumbest of them.

So this week’s project goal is getting back into a sleep routine – set the electronic devices at nine o’clock and do an hour of reading before bed, and make sure that I’m following a sleep routine that actually keeps me functional.