I am really appreciating your method of tracking input/output and have modified my own kind of stripped down version of your spreadsheet, so THANK YOU for that.
I also know that huge dirt lot across from the Providence Place Mall! That's where they held some of the X Games back in the day! I wasn't at either of those shows, but I did go to shows there...the free WBRU shows were the JAM. Are you from Rhode Island?
Huh. I’ve never thought about getting into a selective publication in terms of “matching its theme and tone”. I always thought if your piece is good enough, it will get in. I suppose that’s a little misguided, isn’t it? I might do well to spend more time reading the magazines I want to publish in.
Great advice. I loved your comment about “tired” as an excuse and simply going to bed earlier. Many times I think fighting through the fatigue would have been better spent resting.
Bruce (1st concert)! Love the input/output method! I've kept an I/O spreadsheet since you showed it in a class in 2021. Excited to try it to get into new publications that are big and scary!
I have always been a tracker. I use the very low tech method of list making. On a huge pad of blank paper numbered by completion sequence. I’m an economist after all and that’s how our brains work. I get a great (outsized) sense of satisfaction by crossing tasks off the list. Hay it works for me!
I am really appreciating your method of tracking input/output and have modified my own kind of stripped down version of your spreadsheet, so THANK YOU for that.
I also know that huge dirt lot across from the Providence Place Mall! That's where they held some of the X Games back in the day! I wasn't at either of those shows, but I did go to shows there...the free WBRU shows were the JAM. Are you from Rhode Island?
Such good advice and excellent examples. Thank you!
Hey, what novel generator class was it? I love the idea of a down-and-dirty two- or three-month class.
Huh. I’ve never thought about getting into a selective publication in terms of “matching its theme and tone”. I always thought if your piece is good enough, it will get in. I suppose that’s a little misguided, isn’t it? I might do well to spend more time reading the magazines I want to publish in.
This post was inspiring. I dream of being able to assess what's bugging me and then DO something about it!
Love this. I'd of course take a page from the Business Boys™...knowing, of course, that it's likely been ghost written by a working girl.
Ooh this gives me an idea on tracking something I set as a goal to work on improving this year (titles). Going to try it!
Great advice. I loved your comment about “tired” as an excuse and simply going to bed earlier. Many times I think fighting through the fatigue would have been better spent resting.
Bruce (1st concert)! Love the input/output method! I've kept an I/O spreadsheet since you showed it in a class in 2021. Excited to try it to get into new publications that are big and scary!
I have always been a tracker. I use the very low tech method of list making. On a huge pad of blank paper numbered by completion sequence. I’m an economist after all and that’s how our brains work. I get a great (outsized) sense of satisfaction by crossing tasks off the list. Hay it works for me!