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Goodbye 2011
Dec. 31st, 2011 02:40 pmEveryone is doing end-of-year posts, so I thought I'd join in. I wish I had better news to report. 2011 has been a lackluster year for me. I lost my motivation and am afraid I didn't accomplish as much as I would have liked. I just couldn't buckle down to work. Still not sure why and I wish I could say it's over and done. Sometimes I think the writing bug has folded up its wings and gone into hibernation.
I looked over my submissions spreadsheet just now and was pleased to see that I did make 16 submissions this year. I would have liked to have made double that, but at least it wasn't zero. That makes 12 rejections and 4 still out (counting one I subbed yesterday).
I really need to get more stories out there. I have enough to send out at least 10, but most require revisions, which has been my goal all this year, and one that I just haven't been able to accomplish.
I have been stressed since August with getting my mother moved and her affairs settled, and I hope to see most of that finalized in January and things to calm down on that front, besides the daily/weekly chores of running her errands and paying her bills. But still, the worst of that is almost over.
There are other changes afoot, methinks. My oldest is maybe getting a new job, which will make for a longer commute for him and probably a change of hours for my d-i-l because of that, which might mean I have both grandboys 2 days a week until Aug. when the older grandson will start kindergarten (!!!! how did these last 5 years pass so quickly???).
May 2012 be kind to us all, and may the Mayans have been wrong! ;-D
I looked over my submissions spreadsheet just now and was pleased to see that I did make 16 submissions this year. I would have liked to have made double that, but at least it wasn't zero. That makes 12 rejections and 4 still out (counting one I subbed yesterday).
I really need to get more stories out there. I have enough to send out at least 10, but most require revisions, which has been my goal all this year, and one that I just haven't been able to accomplish.
I have been stressed since August with getting my mother moved and her affairs settled, and I hope to see most of that finalized in January and things to calm down on that front, besides the daily/weekly chores of running her errands and paying her bills. But still, the worst of that is almost over.
There are other changes afoot, methinks. My oldest is maybe getting a new job, which will make for a longer commute for him and probably a change of hours for my d-i-l because of that, which might mean I have both grandboys 2 days a week until Aug. when the older grandson will start kindergarten (!!!! how did these last 5 years pass so quickly???).
May 2012 be kind to us all, and may the Mayans have been wrong! ;-D
