article on keeping track of your submissions...

Submission Styles of the Rich & Famous

By Becky Tuch

You’ve got spreadsheets. Folders. Index cards. You’re systematic in your approach, combing first through open calls for submissions, then working your way through the journals that you have spent years cataloguing and organizing according to your literary tastes and ambitions.
Or else you don’t and you aren't. You say, Submission strategy? Pah. You just close your eyes and hope for the best. Your list of journals that you submitted to last fall is…somewhere…around here. You’ve tried the whole spreadsheet thing but, er, you kind of forgot to enter the data in.....

click the link to read more!

When to Copyright Unpublished Work

If you've ever wondered if you need to copyright your unpublished novel, short stories, or poetry, this article has a detailed explanation that can help you make that decision:

If you have an unpublished manuscript that you're shopping to agents and/or publishers, or considering self-publishing, there's no need to register your copyright prior to publication......{ click to read more }