So here we are. June is upon us. We’re looking at the midpoint of the year and the days keep flying by. How are your submissions going? Are you finding ways to use the daily planner to stay motivated? Last week I admitted I was having trouble submitting and hoped that I would find thatContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: A New Month Begins”
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The Deadlines: Collecting and organizing
I made a breakthrough over the weekend. I entered the information I’ve been collecting about different literary magazines and their reading windows into a spreadsheet. Now I can easily sort all of the reading periods by deadlines and what month I want to include them in my planner. I also added spreadsheet pages for contests,Continue reading “The Deadlines: Collecting and organizing”
See into the future: No more missed opportunities
Happy New Year! I know I’m a week late to the party, but I’m finally feeling like getting started, so better late, right? A new year, a new project I have an exciting new project for this year inspired by a tweet from Julie Reeser (@abetterjulie) asking about end of year processing and planning. SheContinue reading “See into the future: No more missed opportunities”
#NaNoWriMo Yes or No? The Pros and Cons of Participating in National Novel Writing Month
Have you heard of NaNoWriMo but are not sure what it is? Thought of trying it but wondered if it was worth it? I wrote the first draft of my novel this November and lived to tell. Imagine: You’ve been dreaming of writing a novel since you were a little kid, but life got inContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Yes or No? The Pros and Cons of Participating in National Novel Writing Month”
Be Prepared: Inspiration Can Surprise You!
Yesterday, I had my whole day planned–the whole week actually–but while wandering the blogs of wordpress, I happened upon Catherine Austen’s Blog – Deadline? What Deadline? She had a post about writing contests for kids that ended with some no entry fee writing contests for adults. As usual, I find a contest I’d like toContinue reading “Be Prepared: Inspiration Can Surprise You!”
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