# NaPoWriMo Day 3: Playing with Sounds

On my search for “chromatic notes” in nature around my house, I found this odd assortment of bones in the water and on the rocks nearby. I found one similar to the largest bone about two months ago. I believe they are fish bones, but they could be bird, so I played archeologist and madeContinue reading “# NaPoWriMo Day 3: Playing with Sounds”

Big changes to the pages: December Planner Pages. The end of the experiment.

For this final month of the planner experiment, I had a big think. I put way to much work into this to completely abandon the idea, but I also think I went about it backwards, or at least not exactly the right way. What I have learned thus far Yes, having a goal of 100Continue reading “Big changes to the pages: December Planner Pages. The end of the experiment.”

The Planner Project Returns

I remember why I needed a break from this project: It is incredibly time consuming, which I find stressful. However, I like to finish what I begin, so I have made the opening fourth quarter goal pages and the pages for the whole month of October. What has changed As you will see, I’ve madeContinue reading “The Planner Project Returns”

The Planner Experiment: The last week of June

Hi all. I had the daily planner pages for the last week of June ready to go yesterday, but I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to talk about. And . . . I still haven’t, so I’ll let the pages speak for themselves. 2019 Planner June week four It’s the last week of theContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: The last week of June”

The Planner Experiment: The Third Week of June

How was your week? I hope you got some good writing done, enjoyed a good book, poems and stories and sent out some submissions. I had a pretty good week. I typed up my poems, worked on a story and read a lot. This summer has already shaped up to be the summer of aContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: The Third Week of June”

The Planner Experiment: Second Week of June

This week, I had a tough time choosing journals for the planner. I’m not sure why, but I found it extra challenging. I ended up with an eclectic group of journals ranging from the well established like the Chicago Review which celebrated 50 years in print to the brand new Visions a graphically-oriented science fictionContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: Second Week of June”

The Planner Experiment: First Week of June

Looking for some fun summer reading? I hope you’ll check out this new anthology of twelve fresh, fantasy stories from Pacific Northwest authors, including me! The Planner Experiment Quick recap: I started the Planner Experiment at the beginning of the year with the intention to find homes for all my stories by learning more aboutContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: First Week of June”

The Planner Experiment: A New Month Begins

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”

The Planner Experiment: Final Week of May and Finding Poetry

I prepared the pages early this week and then spaced posting them yesterday, sorry. 2019 Planner May Week Five Last Week I finally typed up the ten unpublished poems from NaPoWriMo. I’m letting them sit a bit before I edit them. At the moment I’m not as excited about them as I had hoped toContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: Final Week of May and Finding Poetry”

The Planner Experiment: May Week Four

Most of this week’s magazine submission ideas came from New Pages. New Pages Call for Submissions pages can let you know about brand new magazines and other interesting markets. It can be fun to be one of the first writer’s published in a magazine. I’m excited about Alien Magazine, a new literary magazine coming outContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: May Week Four”