{"id":9782,"date":"2025-11-10T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=9782"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:04:21","slug":"the-weekly-brew-clear-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/10\/the-weekly-brew-clear-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WEEKLY BREW: Clear Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made good progress on the novella last week. My plan for this past weekend was to continue my read-through of the final revised manuscript for The Bone Key sequel. But then I went and got both my flu and COVID boosters on Friday\u2026which means I spent all weekend on the couch either watching movies, napping, or playing Graveyard Keeper on my Switch. Not exactly productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, lots to catch up on this week. I also need to squeeze in some outlining time for the final short stories for the collection. 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