Have Submission Log, Will Be Organized

Lately, I have been lazy. With organizing my submissions, I mean. At the start of the summer, I had a lovely list of pending publications, those that had been accepted and the unfortunate bunch that had been stamped with rejection. Then I filled up the papers I was using and that was the end of that. So I thought I would just organize the submissions in my work email. I had a folder for pending submissions, acceptances, and rejections. But that is a faulty system because the sent emails don't display a heading with the recipient. Yesterday, I buckled down and made a submission log. It's just a normal three-ring binder with three dividers in it. I didn't have regular dividers on me and didn't have time to go to the store so I used card stock. I divided the binder into three sections for all appropriate subjects. Now I'm thinking that I should add a fourth section dedicated to deadlines of pieces. You could obviously use a regular notebook or a computer log. I might do the computer log later on. But at least with the binder, when you run out of room, you can just add more paper. Then you have a running log of everything that is writing related. Organization is actually a very nice thing. It makes sense. It's also helpful because then when you aren't sure if you're about to send out the same submission you sent elsewhere, you have a note that will remind you. Good stuff.