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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