It would be nice to say that goals are being reached like a hot knife through butter.
Nope.
Last night I got the laundry done and another section “Road Tripping” updated. I also lost two hours with a nap, and was too blurry-eyed to make an entry here. Revisions are taking too much of my time – except I think there are good. KH thinks well of this piece, so did Joel C, but the revisions the latter inspired I think are making it better.
I did get envelopes stuffed on Sunday – although I talked myself out of walking them over to the mailbox on Granville – and mailed yesterday. Maybe I will hear from T1, but I do not expect it.
T2 remains inaccessible.
I did manage to get the pork shoulder I bought Saturday cooked on Sunday, and I still have leftovers.
Sunday was a bit of a problem – catnapping seemed to be the order of the day. Aching shoulders, then. Just tired yesterday. I am not sure how much of this thanks to my changing my diet to fight off diabetes and how much something else. Work was short yesterday, I do not really understand why I was tired.
I made sure to watch DI Ray on PBS. It concluded this past Sunday. This could be an interesting transplant to the U.S.
Oh, I am getting through the Christopher Marlowe biography.
Rejections came in over the weekend:
We regret to inform you that we are unable to publish your work in our Sep 1 Issue. Our decision is not a reflection of the value or quality of your work– we deeply enjoyed reading it, and it was a very challenging choice for us to make. We’ve received a multitude of outstanding submissions with a range of styles and themes, and ultimately had to select pieces which aligned closely with the intended aesthetic and direction of this specific issue. As per our new policy, you can request more feedback and explanation of our decision (which will arrive in 3-4 weeks) via this link (or email us directly).
We sincerely appreciate the time and effort put into submitting your piece to us, and would strongly encourage you to submit to other publications whose aesthetic and style align more closely with your work.
Thanks again for considering The White Cresset Arts Journal as a platform for your piece.
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Kind Regards,
The White Cresset Team
That was for "The Kids Are not All Right", and I did put in for feedback.
Thank you for sending us "Aftermath." We appreciated the chance to read your work. We will not be including your submission in the upcoming issue, but we wish you well with your writing and hope that your work will be a perfect fit for another publication.
As writers ourselves, we understand the time and effort that writers devote to their craft, and we know that it is never easy to receive these messages. Please know that we receive many submissions and can publish only a small number. Often, decisions are difficult.
We do accept--and encourage--simultaneous submissions. See long lists of other publication possibilities at
https://www.newpages.com/
writers-resources/young- writers-guide http://www.pw.org/literary_
magazines?&perpage=* http://www.
everywritersresource.com/ literarymagazines/ https://www.facebook.com/
groups/35517751475/ https://creativewritersopps.
blogspot.com/ https://discover.submittable.
com/ https://publishedtodeath.
blogspot.com/ https://thegrinder.
diabolicalplots.com/ https://heavyfeatherreview.
org/calls/#journals https://www.clmp.org/programs-
opportunities/calls-for- submissions/
Thanks again.Sincerely,
Barbara Westwood Diehl
I thought their including other outlets a kindness.
What else? No movies, but I did the Farmer's Market and Lahody's on Saturday morning. The market is where I got the pork shoulder.
The PO visited Sunday with his usual questions about my personal life. He asked if if I had questions for him, if I needed anything from him. I refrained from saying I could not imagine what he could do for me. Really, I find him rather useless when it comes to reintegrating myself back into life.
I listened to a little Hoyt Axton, trying to find the following song (about the only thing I knew of his), and I am surprised at what a talent he was as a singer.
Some pieces that might be of interest:
- Did Don Quixote Long for Muslim Spain?
- 4 literary masterpieces that make you despise the protagonist by the end
- Catullus, Periods 1 and 2
- ‘It’s exciting, it’s powerful’: how translated fiction captured a new generation of readers
- Where to start with: Haruki Murakami
Time to get ready for work.
sch 5:51 Am
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