More misc magazine bits

Well, I did do some of the freelance work that pays in between fits of lying down. But in between the in betweens worked on those submissions I wanted to do. Fossicking through my folder of unpublished stuff turned up eleven ready-ish poems, so I broke them into three submissions instead of two. I was optimistic or foolhardy or brave and decided to try some of the American journals I admire, though I don't know them quite well enough to place poems in them at the rate I manage with Canadian journals. But, anyway, sent poems to Beloit Poetry Journal, Painted Bride, and jubilat. We shall see.

The whole business took perhaps four hours. Honestly, resumes are easier. I don't know what it is about submissions that takes so much time, energy, and heart.

I now have nine submissions out there -- including one from that batch in February -- and so can continue stalking the mail carrier well into the fall. Such a pleasant hobby. Like bird watching.