Friday Done List January 23

I believe it's been a while since I've posted food pictures here. This one's  appropriate, because it illustrates what I was doing this afternoon instead of writing. Yup, I was making two kinds of soup and a stuffed gluten free bread with which to sustain life in case we lose power this weekend. While I was putting the second soup into the Instant Pot, I saw a Facebook post from our town indicating that this storm isn't expected to cause widespread power outages here in Connecticut. So I guess I will gain some writing time next week when I don't have to cook what I cooked today.

In better news, I got my first publication of the year today. I will write about that in another post. Maybe on Sunday during the storm, if I do, indeed, have power.

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

• Made 3 submissions. I've already met my objective for making 2 submissions this month.
• Have resubmitted one of the last two pieces that were rejected in 2025. 
• Updated my short-form marketing research spreadsheet, meaning I've done a little more lit journal reading.  
• Signed up for a writing workshop 
• Worked on the yogurt essay. This involved a little research in old cookbooks in my basement. 
• I had some problems with the submission of a  final Heritage Month essay to submit to Books Are Our Superpower. I think there's some kind of technical problem. And there was! I resubmitted with a new title, and voila!
• Updated my info on NetGalley and requested a book coming out in April that I'd like to use for The History Reader Project.
• My NetGalley request was approved! I have the egalley! 

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

• Did a couple of blog posts that weren't related to this Friday Done List.
• Promoted those blogs.
• Updated my 2026 Goodreads reading challenge. I've read two books!
• I set up a second flat file in my upstairs office. This will make an enormous difference in my life, won't it?

Goal 4. Begin Some Writing on the 19th Century Novel Idea

• Barely. But I have a spot for notes in that extra flat file!