Whew! Launching into the last written post of Linda’s Just Jot It January ’24! There is one more day in January, but I’ll be posting a quote tomorrow for One-Liner Wednesday, which means no running on about things.
Thanks once again to author Linda G. Hill of Life in Progress for offering this opportunity to get the blogging year off to a good start by posting every day in January.
I’m grateful to have met this challenge again this year, although I can’t carry this posting pace into the rest of the months. I’m planning to spend a lot of time through mid-April revising my full-length poetry collection in preparation for work with a professional editor, which will probably be followed by another round of revisions before a decision point on next steps toward publication. I should probably also devote some time to doing single poem submissions. I tend to be diligent about that for a bit and then fall off the wagon and go for a few months without putting work out to journals and presses. The places that are still actively considering my work have dwindled so I guess it’s time to get back on that.
Thanks also to the other Just Jot It January bloggers and readers. I appreciate having a blogging community for support and inspiration.
Write on – in whatever way works best for you – and let’s all meet up at Linda’s for Just Jot It January ’25! Don’t forget, though, that Linda coordinates One-Liner Wednesdays and Stream of Consciousness Saturdays year-round. While I don’t manage those every week, I do them often so I hope to meet you there sometimes, too.
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Joanne Corey 
I love your posts. They are thoughtful and kind and fun and lovely. I’m excited for your poetry revisions. Keeping up a regular submission process is not easy. I know I should be steadier about it, but I tend to ebb and flow. You’re doing great!
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❤ Thanks for the kind words and encouragement, Devon! If I can get the manuscript revision done in enough time before my editorial meeting, I may be looking for a few beta readers. You'll be on my list of prospectives for that!
It must be especially hard for you to carve out submission research/follow-though time when you have client work, serials, coverages, and so much else on your plate. The deadlines come up fast and the amount of time to hear back from submissions can be so long. Sometimes, even poetry journal submissions take over six months to get an answer. It's hard to keep up momentum and spirits.
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