A big Bug Hotel
I managed eight submissions this month, one with four minutes to spare. This is slightly better than last month when my final submission went off after midnight my time, and relied on the time zone to get it there on time.
I have been looking at a different way of counting submissions. At the moment I count submissions to editors. If the magazine has two editors and I submit to both, I count it as two submissions. If it has one editor and accepts two forms I count it as one submission. I’m thinking that I may start counting the two forms as two submissions. It seems to me that as I am trying to extend my range, and write more forms, it’s fair to count the different forms as individual submissions. Does this make sense, and does anyone have any thoughts on it?
Yes, I like teasel
I’m also going to have to look at the way |I make submissions. Four minutes makes for a good title, but it’s a poor way to write poetry. As happened last month, some of the poetry is so fresh that if it were paintwork it wouldn’t be dry.
As you can see from the header picture, I was out and about today. The violets are out and I’m regaining my eye for detail. It’s a slow start. It always seems to take a long time to regain a habit once you have lost it.
A very pleasant day
Anyway – nine submissions last month, eight this month. This month will be busy (it’s already twenty minutes into March as I write) – 10 submissions to write, though if I apply the editor rule, I will only be able to count them as six.
This is a Bee Bank – I assume it’s going to feature nesting places, but I’m going to have to find out more.
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So glad you have the scooter to help you go out and about! Who knows? What you see might inspire more poetry.
It already has. There’s only so many poems you can write about sitting inside looking out of a window. 🙂
Yes, being out in nature is a great inspiration.
Certainly is. It must be nie living on the edge of teh woods.
If the bank is for burrowing bees there may already be little holes in it. I am glad to see your outdoor curious eye in action again.
Could be. It is going to be a challenge to scale it down to garden size.
I would count them in any way it helps spur you on to write more poetry.
Violets – I wish we had some here!
They are a lovely plant, though the big attractions in UK are really the snowdrop and the bluebells.
2 forms = 2 poems = 2 submissions. Q.E.D. Good photos.
Good thinking Derrick. 🙂
You must explain all about the bee bank and the big bug hotel.
I’ll do something about that later.