Pimping Ain't Easy: Keeping Track of Your Stories to Sale

[jasonandrew]

The real trick to being a working writer is to be organized like you are planning to invade Normandy. Today, I spent time reviewing and signing a couple of contracts and then checking my lists and ensuring that none of my stories were being lazy.

By that, I mean sitting in a folder and not earning any money for Daddy. Yep, I just went there. I have to keep track of everything I write and looking for good customers (markets).

Here is the current list of stories in my submission and drafts folder:

Key:
* = has been submitted to a market
# = awaiting for a specific market to open

New Stories (written in the last month):
"Funeral Pyre for a Jarl" #
"A Prayer for Mr. Bang" *
"Imprint" *
"A Simple Job" *
“The Embers Burn, and Gentle is the Arrow's Stinging" *

Older Stories:
"A Test of Will" *
"Contents of a Dead Soldier's Pockets" *
"Dagger of Azathoth" *
"Fading Light from a Dying Star"
"Unto the Breach" *
"Memo to the Prosecution" *

Stories That Require Editing:
"The Day the Laughter Survived"
"40 Lashes"
"Abigail's Dragon" #
"Asenath" #
"The Fisherman's Wife" #

Stories in Progress (these are stories I have started, but haven't completed yet)
"Murder on the Feng Shui Express"
"Lessons Learned From the 5th Attempt to Conquer the World"
"Nothing has Changed of the Sorrow in Store"