Labor Day

I’m back from my vacation to the mountains. I’m not as relaxed as one might think, but I am focused on my weeks ahead. I considered week one of my severance as a vacation. It has passed and I must focus and meet the goals I have set out for me.

My current submissions:

4 poems to Skyline
4 poems to Wildchild Publishing
1 poem to Emerging Women Writers
1 short story and 1 poem to Slow Trains
1 short story and 1 poem to StorySouth
1 short story to Bygone Days
1 short story to Bellevue Literary Review

A Soldiers Story, http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/soldier50.html, is now available for reading at Wildchild Publishing.

In fact, one of my friends, Eva C. Schegulla, has the feature story, The Goddess Greenroom, http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/goddess50.html, and it the most innovative piece I’ve read in quite some time.

I must follow up on my poetry submission to Wildchild. I’ve sent 4 poems and nothing. Perhaps I’ll just send them again. I have many poems that aren’t are submission anywhere. This week, I’ll find new places to submit them.

One of my poet friends, Nochipa Campbell, will have a poem published at Storysouth. Please see her link on my website.

Ok, now I must focus on focusing. My weekly goals are lofty, but attainable if I work hard:

2 Issues of Blood on an Appalachian Sunset
1 New Short Story or rewrite of a current one
2 Chapters of my novel
Find a Job
5 Suburban Mom Dairies entries

I plan to write Issue 12 of Blood tonight and send off my noon tomorrow. I did find some inspiration while I was in those remote hills. I have pictures linked below. I hope you enjoy.

B.K.

http://www.keepitcoming.net/historical.html#Appalachian/

http://www.bkbirch.com/