As I mentioned yesterday, July was a pretty wild ride, at least for my writing. Here’s a rundown of what I accomplished. Drafted 39 poems Sent out my chapbook manuscript Submitted 10 poems (and admittedly did not send out work the last week of July, but will make up for it with a double submissionContinue reading “July Accomplishments”
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June Accomplishments
My month without concrete goals yielded quite a bit of productivity! Not only was I consistent with my poetry efforts, but I actually made a lot of progress on the fiction front, more than I have during any other month this year. With my poetry, I: Drafted 41 poems Submitted 10 poems. This is theContinue reading “June Accomplishments”
What Poets Do
Via Drew Myron: It’s pretty well-known that writers are their own worst critics. I’m no exception. I might have just a touch of type-A personality traits. I might be just a smidge overambitious. I might have a slight tendency to set overly ambitious goals. And I might possibly be too hard on myself when I don’t meet them. Plus all thatContinue reading “What Poets Do”
The new Texas Poetry Calendar is here!
When I went to my poetry group on Monday, Scott Wiggerman handed me my contributor copy of the 2013 Texas Poetry Calendar. This is my second year appearing in the calendar, and I’m thrilled to be included again. My poem appears the last week of May this time around, sharing a page with the lovely “Crossing”Continue reading “The new Texas Poetry Calendar is here!”
May Accomplishments
Here’s what I did in May: Wrote 32 poems Submitted 24 poems Submitted my manuscript Finished and submitted three fiction pieces, one of which was accepted and published Researched my NaNoWriMo 2012 project Figured out the focus for my poetry collection I did not: Finish my poetry table (still) Work on my epic poem I’mContinue reading “May Accomplishments”
April Accomplishments
At the beginning of April, I didn’t quite realize just how busy I was going to be, and how much I’d struggle to take time for my writing. But I still managed to accomplish quite a bit Here’s what I did in April: Wrote 32 poems Submitted 18 poems Submitted my chapbook manuscript Wrote andContinue reading “April Accomplishments”
March Accomplishments
March was a busy month! I ended up not being as productive as I would have liked, but considering how frantic I was, I’m pretty pleased with what I did pull of. Here’s what I ended up doing this month: Wrote 41 poems Submitted 24 poems Submitted my chapbook manuscript Finished the March stage ofContinue reading “March Accomplishments”
Second Survival Day
What do Julius Caesar and I have in common? We both had pretty bad days on the Idea of March. Of course, his involved getting stabbed to death, so it was worse. Mine (in 2010) just involved a concussion, stitches in my lip (of which I remember every single one, because the anesthetic had worn off, butContinue reading “Second Survival Day”
January Accomplishments
January did not go as planned, and I let myself get sidetracked. But it was a conscious decision to let things slide. As Fiona Robyn wrote earlier this week, real life sometimes interferes with your plans. And you can’t always force your mind or heart to carry those plans out. And as Kelli Russell AgodonContinue reading “January Accomplishments”
Tracking Submissions: Another Attempt
As I mentioned yesterday, I settled on Writer’s Database as my method for submission tracking in 2012. Although I liked Sonar 3 well enough, I did have some issues with it, namely having to manually enter every single one of my market listings. In addition, the fact that the software was hooked only to myContinue reading “Tracking Submissions: Another Attempt”