As things stand it is Day 157 as I write and this will be post 158, so I have caught up with my posting after the time I took off for the wedding. This has been assisted by finding a couple of drafts which I have brought back to life, which meant I just needed to add a few bits and pieces to the already existing text. I’ve also wiped off a few drafts which were clearly going nowhere.
In the last week or two I have also sneaked in a couple of extra poetry submissions to proper poetry magazines (I have decided that a move away from the Japanese forms is required at this moment. It’s a change of emphasis rather than a career change. I need to expand my horizons again and, now that I am (almost) immune to rejection I am pressing forward.
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So far I have made six submissions in the last 10 days and had three rejections. I’m trying not to read too much into the speed of rejection. However, I clearly have work to do.
Talking of which, I need to start my numismatic writing again and get a few more things in hand. It’s OK saying I’ve caught up with the posting on the blog, but there’s always more to do. Lots more to do. Really, I should have started 50 years ago. I always meant to, but other things sort of took over. If there is an afterlife, and if they run a version of Mastermind my specialist subjects are likely to include Goof Intentions, Procrastination and Unfinished projects. And we all know where it ends up when you pave a road with good intentions.
That’s it for now. If I don’t post now the count will become inaccurate.
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Wishing you good results with your current emphasis. Keep writing!
Thank you. I am continuing.
I seem to be in catch up mode too much of the time.
Life seems so much more busy and complicated these days, and even you, though looking youthful by the standards of this blog, are not immune from the passing of time. 🙂
I hope that your change of tack in your poetry brings good results.
It is worth doing just to shake myself out of a rut.
I always feel like I am running behind, too. I think part of it is because as I age, I have gotten S-L-O-W. Takes me so much longer to do things now.
Definitely. Just getting my shoes on is a job now, where it used to be something I did without thinking.
Keeping ahead. My desktop computer will be away for a few days next week, so I won’t be able to read your posts; but can answer your comments on mine on my laptop