In a recent “Ask Midge” column on her blog, Midge Raymond offered some excellent tips for researching and entering writing contests. Really super-sound advice, just as I always expect from Midge.
Enjoy the weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!
Shabbat shalom!
Confession time: I am feeling rather s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d these days. In addition to my day job responsibilities and other ongoing commitments, I have a number of deadlines of various sorts clustered around April 15 and May 1. And since I never leave anything to the very last minute, I’m already feeling “behind.”
To save my sanity, I’ve already removed a couple of items (fellowship/residency applications) from my to-do list. (They were “optional,” in that no one was waiting for me to get them done.)
And fortunately, I’ve also managed to meet some of my upcoming deadlines/obligations. So I have crossed off those items from the list, too.
And, in breaking news: I’ve been saying “no” to other requests a lot more often lately. That’s starting to get a little bit easier.
But here’s (some of) what remains to accomplish in the next few weeks:
I know that it will all get done. Somehow. Bit by bit.
Right?
“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.”
–Chuck Close
Source: The Mindful Writer, by Dinty W. Moore, which I’ve written about for the new (May 2012) issue of The Writer magazine.