Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you missed my previous post on this subject, at the end of every month I compile a list of what I accomplished as far as completed projects, in-progress projects, and future projects!
Short Stories
# Completed: 0
# In-progress: 0
# Submissions: 1 (“Gray” to Clarkesworld Magazine)
# Acceptances: 0
# Rejections: 2 (“Hound of God” did not get me to the third round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2014. And “Grey” by Clarkesworld Magazine – at least they don’t waste my time! ;))
# Pending Submissions: 0
Poems
# Completed: 3 (“Choose”, “the wise”, and “Tick Tock”)
# Submissions: 1 (“The Three Truths” to Dirty Chai Magazine)
# Acceptances: 0
# Rejections: 1 (from Hunger Mountain finally!)
# Pending Submissions: 0
Novel
Words Written: ~2000
Outline(s) Written: Rough sketch of remainder of novel …
Editing
# Own Projects edited: 0
# Others’ Projects edited: 2 for two people
Education
# Workshops Attended: 0
# Tutorials Watched: 0
# Books Read: 4 in-progress (“S” by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst; A Storm of Swords – book 3 of the Song of Ice and Fire series – by George R. R. Martin; Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell; The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell)
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