(Which is appropriate because I'm currently reading a Terry Pratchett book in which a tortoise is a major character.)
So, June is quickly approaching and I have not (yet) entirely met my goal for May. I HAVE finished proofreading "Ashes," and if I get my act together this weekend, I can get it submitted to at least 1 literary magazine. As to my goal of submitting to 5 before the end of the month... well...
I probably could do that if I were not still trying to nail down some things with the caterer and florist. It is consistently taking me longer to get wedding stuff followed up on than I think it will. Part of this is due to the fact that I have bad cell reception at work and therefore can't do a lot on my lunch break. It also doesn't help that I was pretty much incapacitated by a 2-day headache on Thursday and Friday. I'm not saying I would have gotten submission stuff done, but if I had been able to use those 2 days to follow up on wedding stuff, I wouldn't now be having to use this weekend for that. Maybe. 'cause there's still no guarantee that the caterer will answer his email...
But enough of that - this is supposed to be my monthly "what are my next plans" post.
So for June - finish submitting "Ashes," ha. Seriously, though, since I'm still trying to nail down other, non-writing things, that's the plan until it gets done. And after that, we'll see where we are. If I get "Ashes" submitted to a decent number of places before the month is out, I'll go ahead and do some planning and prep work for The Wolf and the Sheath. And if not... well, then W&S will become the July project.