{"id":9647,"date":"2025-08-26T10:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=9647"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:59:01","slug":"the-weekly-brew-notes-from-a-multi-tasking-word-witch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26\/the-weekly-brew-notes-from-a-multi-tasking-word-witch\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WEEKLY BREW: Notes from a (Multi-tasking) Word Witch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s only been two weeks of my new weekly schedule (<a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/the-weekly-brew-momentum\/\">alternating between one main project per week<\/a>), but I like what I\u2019ve seen. I made steady project on both the new novella and final novel revisions. 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