Notes From My Writing Experience
I track what I submit in a spreadsheet whose design I borrowed from an old edition of Writers Market. Over time I tweaked the format, customizing it to my specific needs.
The picture you see is an example of how I track my submissions. I usually estimate that most publishers will respond favorably to my submissions within 60 days after submission deadline. If I receive no response within 80 days, I consider it “rejected”. Why? I have never received an acceptance for any submission that has aged past 62 days.
I mark these aged submissions as “no response” and I filter them out of my list.
I am not a writing expert. There are 11,001 writers who qualified to be listed in P&W. Out of that list I am ranked #11,001. There are, probably, another 10,000 well known writers who are not in that directory. That makes my ranking about #20,001. Nonetheless, I have experience on being published and I want to share my tools and my experience with you.
Look for more posts about what I have experience as a writer in the near future.
Jerry T. Johnson, Poet 
Lovely way to use data to assist your craft. Am indeed interested to see what you have to share in the coming days, because as a writer myself, I could really use a more organised way to track my submissions.
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Thanks Stuart. More to come soon.
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