* * Create your own short-hand that offers instant cues, i.e., lots of encouragement but a rejection / don't bother again / on hiatus / is now charging a $$fee! / next sub period is .... / etc.
* * Create your own short-hand that offers instant cues, i.e., lots of encouragement but a rejection / don't bother again / on hiatus / is now charging a $$fee! / next sub period is .... / etc.
* * Follow your own breadcrumbs.
* * Colored pens help chart the map inside your daily journal.
* * * * If your WIP is a chapbook or a full collection, keep notes on submission caps. EX: some book publishers do not want more than 30% of the material pre-published in zines.
* * * * Moral: Think about pitching more mss to indie presses - - and submitting fewer pieces to literary journals.
Not mentioned (so I'll add it here):
* * Keep a daily writer's journal
* * Create your own short-hand that offers instant cues, i.e., lots of encouragement but a rejection / don't bother again / on hiatus / is now charging a $$fee! / next sub period is .... / etc.
* * Follow your own breadcrumbs.
* * Colored pens help chart the map inside your daily journal.
* * * * If your WIP is a chapbook or a full collection, keep notes on submission caps. EX: some book publishers do not want more than 30% of the material pre-published in zines.
* * * * Moral: Think about pitching more mss to indie presses - - and submitting fewer pieces to literary journals.
Oo daily writing journal sounds great. Do you have a certain template you use for it?
For decades, I have used a bound book: At-a-Glance Stand Diary by ACCO Brands + a dozen colored ink pens. Each color is linked to my author's code.
Old-fashioned diary writing perhaps - - but it works for me.
I also write everything long-hand and I don't have my computer turned on all day.
Yesterday I just completed all the pieces for a new poetry chapbook & my journal notes include the 4 most likely presses to send it, too.
Thank you for the chance to participate here, Ben.