Stephanie, I'm glad some of this resonated with you. I was just looking it over and realized I hadn't put one of my tasks that I mention here in my real list of things to do. More evidence of the need to prioritize and also have some tracking...

Anna,   Thank you for post-posting, many points resonated with me.  Have a good summer of fun writing as I will attempt too!   Best,   Stephanie Renee dos Santos Author of the forth coming historical novel The Tile Maker

I sent a message to you, but didn't post here. This is the blog post I wrote last week: http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/if-summer-is-fun-why-is-writing-still-hard. May we all accomplish writerly things this summer.

I know! I think I missed a couple of days, but on those days I was submitting poems, so I excused myself. Some girlfriends and I set up a private blog where we could post what we called "anything-a-day" since we are a mix of prose and poetry...

Kristen, you wrote a poem every day? And January was a rough month? Oh my! Keep after this...

I should also say that looking at this list now that I've posted it, if I can do this in a rough month like Jan, Feb should not be too hard. 

Okay ladies, I am behind by a couple of weeks since I usually report mid-month, but my sabbatical ended (sniff) and I'm trying very hard to get back into the swing of teaching and having a life (writing or otherwise) while my husband has been gone...

Thanks, Erica! That first line CFP looks interesting!

The weekly "Monday Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers" post has some great info this week (if I do say so myself!), including a couple of new calls for essays. http://www.erikadreifus.com/2011/12/monday-marketsjobsopportunities-for-writers-3/