Best month yet

Have been consistent in forcing myself to submit two items a week this month. It seems to be paying off already. May be beginners' luck but I am developing a thicker skin and writing faster.

I spend less time agonising over query letters and just get on with the job.

I have given myself a financial target to aim for per week. No slacking, then?!

I read guidelines very carefully before submitting. When I know my piece matches them exactly, I proofread one last time -- you can always tighten your writing --and send it off.

So far, I have one full page spread published on an article done as an interview, one application in applying to be contributing editor in the Work at Home section of Garden and Hearth, a web site I really enjoy visiting and would be proud to work for, one short story going the rounds, one interview commissioned and waiting to happen, two articles to write on spec for high paying blog sites, and two ideas for ebooks that I'm dying to develop.

That's just for starters. Didn't I say ideas beget ideas?

The novel is moving again --not with nano rapidity but bumbling on, better paced and more suited to publication. Stronger plot, less waffle.