Time to Combat Laziness. . .

I didn’t write anything all weekend but I had a lot of other things going on. I’m falling a bit behind on Blood on an Appalachian Sunset but I feel confident I will catch up this week.

I haven’t heard anything from any of my submissions which are:

Here is the latest submission list:1 poem to Wildchild Publishing 9/9/04
2 poems to Slowtrains 9/14/04
1 poem to Skyline Publishing 8/20/04
1 Short Story to Bellevue Literary 8/25/04
1 Short Story to Gettysburg Review 9/13/04
1 Short Story to Paradox 9/14/04

Jeanne is heading my direction now. I haven’t had time to watch the weather but the ominous dark clouds tell me she’s drawing near.

My new job is going fine although I’ve curtailed my internet use three-fold. I plan to use my lunch hour to check web-mail, posts blogs, and visit forums, but no other time.

I am fighting a few allergies along with a light case of lithargy. I blame it on ragweed and dark skies – potent combination for me. My goals with week are light:

3 issues of Blood on an Appalachian Sunset
Work on Novel

I’m not putting any exact goals on my novel because when I do, I fail. I’m tired of failure so if I set non-specific goals and do any work at all, I will have succeeded. How’s that for logic?

I believe I’ll stay at my desk today instead of going out for lunch. The walk to the parking lot takes at least 7 minutes, so 14 minutes of writing is consumed just by leaving. I’ll stay at my desk, break out the Firelite and look busy.

Ta Ta

BK