Friday Done List October 23

I missed two days of work today to attend a family event--a pleasant one, not a funeral. I still have some cleaning up for that, because I don't travel lightly. And I have a lot of life things to do that I didn't do while I wasn't here.

What I'm getting at is that this is the kind of week when a Done List is really important. You can reassure yourself that you did something, no matter how small. Also, as the day for the Done List draws closer, you'll find yourself hustling to get a few more things done to add to it. An example? For goal one I resubmitted a story I might have wait until next week for but I wanted to look good on my Done List.

Goal 1. Write and Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor

• Submitted the humor piece I talked about for three weeks. Now four, because I'm talking about it now.
• Received rejection on that humor piece.
• Resubmitted that rejected humor piece to another site, one that I have never submitted to before.
• Believe I worked a bit on the book chapter being revised into a short story.

Goal 2. Build Community/Market Work/Brand Myself and My Work

• Did some promotion for an essay published the end of last week.
• Did quite a bit of work on a blog post I hope to publish soon.
• Came up with another blog post idea! One that can become an essay to submit!
• Came up with still another blog post idea!

Goal 3. Submit Book-length Work to Agents and Editors 

• Am considering a new agent to submit one of my books to. This came about within hours of me telling my cousin I wasn't doing that anymore, unless a name dropped into my lap. And that's sort of what happened.

Goal 4. Play with the 19th Century Novel Idea, Which Does Have a Title, But is Mainly a Fun Think Piece

• Made some notes on this.