I mention my loss of work time to my fascinating personal life, because it points out, once again, the value of a Done List. I hustled this afternoon to make a submission and get an essay started so I could put both items on my Done List. My week would have been far less productive without having knocked those tasks off.
Sadly, the letters I wrote to friends and relatives to include with Halloween cards do not count toward writing. Wait. Unless I can use something in one of those letters in an upcoming piece. Gasp! Also, I've started keeping a nature journal! I wrote a little bit in that last night. Could that turn into something some day?
Goal 1. Write and Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor
- Received two rejections. Huzzah! That means I'm working!
- Resubmitted one of the rejected pieces.
- Found a publication I can submit a short story to if it is rejected by the publication that is considering it now. That is not negative thinking. That is planning.
- Tried to save and start using the short-form marketing spreadsheet Computer Guy made for me. Yeah, we need to do some work on that.
- Started an essay revision of my two ADHD adult character blog posts. By which I mean I have copied the blog posts into a Word document. Important first step before the cutting begins.
Goal 2. Build Community/Market Work/Brand Myself and My Work
- Wrote two blog posts on ADHD adult characters for ADHD Awareness Month. This took quite a bit of my available writing time this week, but I was very interested in the subject so there you go.
- Promoted both posts on Facebook and BlueSky. ADHD Awareness Month doesn't seem to have received much attention at either place.
- Spent a little time looking for short story writers on BlueSky.
- Did a Facebook post promoting some local book events coming up next month. That got more attention than ADHD Awareness Month.
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