07/07/2009 - Tuesday, went to work early, only a little downtime * Updated the market list from LJ. 07/06/2009 - Monday * Read Duotrope, WritersWeekly newsletters. * Updated markets from the above. * Processed Shroud's form letter “please do not consider this a 'rejection' of your work” rejection of "Good Help is Hard to Find." Am amused. * Processed Critters crit of Vicesteed, ch. 28. * Prepped...

06/19/2009 - 06/21/2009, Friday - Sunday, was at 4th Street Fantasy Convention. * 4th Street Fantasy convention. Yes, that counts as doing enough writing-related work! 06/18/2009 - Thursday, full day of work, no downtime. * Read Publisher's Lunch. * A simple productivity improvement trick, but useful for writing--I find the two overlap often: http://lifedev.net/2007/05/prepare-for-your-next-task...

06/11/2009 - Thursday. Worked all day. No downtime. * Added Lone Star Stories to the market deadlist. R.I.P. * Agent's advice database: http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/2009/06/writing-advice-database.html * Began crit 1 of 5 needed by next Wednesday. Eep. Again with the needing to catch up on all my crits! 06/09/2009 - Tuesday. * Posted writing log. * Meh penthius freewriting. *...

06/01/2009 - Monday, the first day of my new afternoon-only work schedule. * What this writer sees her job as: http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1627470.html * Caught up on chapter and plot summaries through Vicesteed ch. 28. * Submitted Vicesteed chs. 29-30(partial) to Minnspec. Those are the chapters with, respectively, The Big Love Scene, and The Whorehouse Revelation. I'm not sure how I feel...

05/28/2009 - Thursday, in which I woke up a little earlier (8), but not as early as I ought (6). No downtime. * Processed Andre's crit of Vicesteed d2 ch. 11-12. * Processed Escape Clause's "Thanks but sorry, not yours," personal rejection of "Haunts of Hill Crossing." * Finally entered the MinnSpec Secret Volcano Lair for organizers (though I'm still missing that decoder ring I was promised), sniffed...

05/27/2009 - Wednesday, no work downtime * penthius freewriting about cannibalism. * Listened to "I Should Be Writing" podcast. * Processed various writing expenses receipts. 5/26/2009 - Tuesday, no work downtime,slept in to recover from Wiscon. * Read FFWSmallMarkets 05/22/2009 - 05/25/2009, Friday - Monday, at Wiscon. That's pretty much what I did for writing-related stuff. Went to...

05/20/2009 - Wednesday, no downtime * Processed "The Radiator Burped" acceptance through various spreadsheets. * Finished 1 crit for Wiscon. 05/19/2009 - Tuesday, almost all downtime * Read aloud through "The Radiator Burped" and made small changes to the final draft. Emailed final draft to editor. Signed publication contract and mailed it off. * Posted writing logs. * Added "The Radiator Burped"...

05/18/2009 - Monday, no downtime * penthius freewriting about apprentice vintages. * Saved the last week's freewritings to the ideas file. * Broadcast my "Yay! Acceptance!" about "The Radiator Burped" to various places for no reason other than glee. The useful time to make story announcements is at the "It's published--go forth and read and here's why you should want to" point, but I couldn't...

05/12/2009 - Tuesday, full work, no downtime * Updated Vicesteed character list with changed names after I had the same name for 2 different characters. Ah, the perils of glancing at one's bookshelf to name random characters. * Updated market list from prev. notes. * Processed Withersin's receipt acknowledgement for "Road of Dreams." * Loaded Vicesteed ch. 28 up to Critters for critique. Finally...

05/10/2009 - Sunday, no work * Posted writing log. * penthius freewriting about marketing temporary death. * Saved freewritings from this week to the master document. I used to save after every one, but of late, I've been doing these during downtime at work, so I need to save them en masse. * Updated market list from Duotrope. * Submitted "The Radiator Burped" to Strange, Weird, and Wonderful...