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Date Posted: 16:31:30 11/03/05 Thu GMT-5
Author: Lori
Author Host/IP: S0106000cf1ebde70.cg.shawcable.net / 68.145.250.67
Subject: PS
In reply to: Lori 's message, "Re: How do you keep track of submissions?" on 16:27:56 11/03/05 Thu GMT-5

Oh, yeah, and I print out hard copies of both of them and just mark them up with a pen as they need updating, and when they get too ratty to read I print out a new one. Just because I'm essentially a pen and paper kind of gal at heart, I guess.

Lori

>My system's similar to Diane's. I have a word document
>called "Current Submissions" and one called "Master
>Submissions List". "Current Submissions" is just a
>list of pieces that are out by title, what markets
>they're at (I try to have them at two at a time,
>always), and the date I sent them. Usually, when they
>come back I try to send them to another within a day
>or so, unless I decide they're going into the shop.
>And I have a list of good (and bad!) markets at the
>end of the list. The "Master Submissions List" is a
>list of all my pieces by title and everywhere I've
>submitted them to (so I don't screw up and keep
>sending them to the same market). I make a note of
>where they appeared if published, and if I've
>substantially rewritten them I put the pre-rewrite
>list of titles in italics, so I know where they've
>been before and after rewriting.
>
>It works for me, although I guess everybody has their
>own system.
>
>Lori
>
>>Hmmm,
>>
>>Well, I don't have a complicated system, though I do
>>indulge in a bit of "overkill"
>>
>>I simply use an MS Word document and call it "story
>>tracker." I list the story title first then the date I
>>it sent out, then the market, then the possible
>>response date and finally the yes or no. When a story
>>comes back and I get around to sending it out again, I
>>just list it under the title again. That way I can
>>know how many times I sent it out and where.
>>
>>I'm afraid I'm also one of those people who has an
>>actual, not vitual Day Book and I write the same
>>things in there. I used one for years at work and so I
>>still have the habit,and I like the ones that have a
>>page for each day AND a monthly calendar too. That way
>>I can put possible acceptance dates in the future
>>months.
>>
>>I guess if I had a zillion stories, it wouldn't work
>>but it's doing the job at the moment.
>>
>>I have a hard copy of at least one version (usually an
>>early version) of most of the stories I've written so
>>far. Thats more because I belong to a critique group
>>than because I have great paper-tracking skills.
>>
>>Diane
>>
>>The answer for me is, badly. I usually send off a
>>>story to a market, then when it comes back, if I have
>>>some idea of where to send it again, I make a note
>>>somewhere, and eventually lose the note.
>>>
>>>For a while, I had a grid in the back of a notebook.
>>>One line per story, and check when I sent it to the
>>>market, cross through the check when it came back.
>>>This worked for crime stories, that had a kind of
>>>circuit to them, but it didn't last long.
>>>
>>>Anybody got anything that works? I'm thinking of
>>>settin up a spreadsheet, as I don't seem to lose
>>>computer files. Although I lost some stuff, including
>>>a story I'd like to be able to send out again, when
>my
>>>hard drive crashed a couple of years ago.
>>>
>>>Roger

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