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Rad. Thanks duder. Also, Milemarker reference? ...

2008-11-17T00:10:00.000-05:00

Rad. Thanks duder. Also, Milemarker reference? Oh Lovitt Records. I remember driving around West Trenton in my friend's Buick back in '98 while blasting Bluebird or Four Hundred Years.

Are you ever going to publish?

2008-11-15T08:19:00.001-05:00

Are you ever going to publish?

Tell TJ I said Hello.

2008-11-15T08:19:00.000-05:00

Tell TJ I said Hello.

my way is similar to blakes I think. an ms word do...

2008-11-15T04:25:00.000-05:00

my way is similar to blakes I think. an ms word doc, list each piece and where, but I group everything into three lists, accepted, rejected, and submitted. So I am always adding to the submitted list, then moving them to either the accepted or rejected lists. I used to write dates but not so much lately because I can always find the dates from the sent emails. I guess I never send snail mail submissions anymore.

The Grandmother can't be forgotten. No bathtub bre...

2008-11-15T00:06:00.000-05:00

The Grandmother can't be forgotten. No bathtub brewed liquor can blot out the memory of seeing The Grandmother. I love that piece. It's like first time sex without all the awkward conversation when it's over.

blake,oh my god, such fucking rigidnessseriously t...

2008-11-14T15:20:00.000-05:00

blake,

oh my god, such fucking rigidness

seriously though that is way too much work for me

i'm all about initial effort to automate all tasks

i was going to write an app to track submissions, autosend form reminders to editors, report metrics and some other stuff

it's all about the metrics

sterile and indifferent metrics

i wish i would feel less meaningless so i could be more productive

I meant it's not that good because I'd expect some...

2008-11-14T13:59:00.000-05:00

I meant it's not that good because I'd expect something like that from The Paris Review or The New Yorker, but not this journal.

I wasn't saying that because I think they should've taken stuff.

Whatever.

Yep. It's all about finding what works for you. I ...

2008-11-14T13:58:00.000-05:00

Yep. It's all about finding what works for you. I make my stuff unnecessarily complicated I think. But it's my system. So anyone who doesn't like it can kiss my ass.

By the way, I got a form rejection from a place today after 8.5 months. Wow. And the journal isn't even that good, which is even funnier.

head-splitting feelings of inadequacy

2008-11-14T13:51:00.000-05:00

head-splitting feelings of inadequacy

writing down each sub on one line with the date yo...

2008-11-14T13:24:00.000-05:00

writing down each sub on one line with the date you sent and which piece in ms word is all i do. when i get answers back i mark the date returned and the response.

at the top of the list i keep an index of each thing i'm sending and where it is, so i can keep tabs on how many are where. pretty simple

gawker linked

2008-11-14T13:13:00.000-05:00

gawker linked

It's actually pretty easy once you find a system t...

2008-11-14T12:39:00.000-05:00

It's actually pretty easy once you find a system that works for you. I'm sure folks would scoff at my system, but others have spreadsheets and all kinds of weird wizardry going on.

The hardest part is gathering the email addresses of the journals who still have a piece of work, so you can contact them if it was accepted elsewhere.

Especially if an email gets lost and they end up wanting the same thing.

Or, in Blake's case, getting a rejection months after a story had already been accepted and published (/nor I think, right?)

Good stuff/

how in lucifer's throat cavity do you keep track o...

2008-11-14T12:13:00.000-05:00

how in lucifer's throat cavity do you keep track of all your submissions?

i thought about writing a web app to submission track/realized i don't ever submit anything because i am a lazy piece of shit/went to bar/eye fondled chapman college girls/went home/beat off/wondered why i don't try to submit more so i can get college girl affections easy/watched adult swim/laughed at the giant milkshake

it came through fine brian no sweat i look fwd to ...

2008-11-14T01:43:00.000-05:00

it came through fine brian no sweat i look fwd to reading

keith is the boss

Considering my current employer screwed me, I'm av...

2008-11-14T01:40:00.000-05:00

Considering my current employer screwed me, I'm available!

But you don't need me.

Glad to see my bugging your ass has helped the world read more of those. A bunch are gonna get snagged.

And make sure you keep me updated.

Blake, I just sent a submission to LC but accident...

2008-11-14T01:39:00.000-05:00

Blake, I just sent a submission to LC but accidentally forgot to give it a subject heading. Sorry. Please read it anyway. Sorry I'm doing this on your public blog. I'll delete it later. Thank you. Godspeed.