I have been working with my poetry. I am in the process of submitting my better works to different literary journals. I started back in March 2014. I heard from the first place I submitted. They were all rejections without comment.
The next set of submissions went out in May 2014 and July 2014. I still have yet to hear from the presses. I am hopeful, but guarded. I have gotten many of my earlier works published. I am not sure about my later works.
And then there is today's round of submissions. Most journal don't open until September and then close in December or May. Especially if they are academic. I sent out some more poetry. But I also submitted two short stories. I also spent the evening editing a short story that had been critiqued.
I have not been able to go to my local writers' group on a regular basis because of my father's health. I went tonight and got some work done. I would like to get another short story critiqued this month. I have lots of short stories in need of constructive criticism. That is one of the advantages of being active in a local writers' group.
I have also looked for new markets to submit works. I will hold off on my poetry. I want to focus on my short stories and get more of them submitted to different publishers. But that will take time.
And the poetry will take time. In eight to ten months, I would like to put together a chapbook of my published and unpublished work. I already have eighteen different poems for it. I think I will pay someone to put the chapbooks together for me. Instead of trying to do it myself...
