Sonar

If you’re an aspiring writer, then getting your work published must be one of your greatest dreams. Sonar is a program that was designed to track manuscript submission.

The app has a simple interface that’s extremely easy to figure out.

Basically, you must add any of the written stories, complete with the title, word count, genre, description and comments. Submissions can be added after you logged the work.

This implies that you add an entry for each recipient of the manuscript, called “Markets”. The form includes the name of the editor, his or her email address, the phone and fax numbers, as well as URL. The physical address can also be included, along with some personal comments. If the editor has any submission guidelines, these can be jotted down as well.

When an answer is received from any of the editors you’ve sent your work to, you can edit the file again and tick the appropriate checkboxes depending on how advanced the negotiations are. For example, the manuscript can be set as “Sold” and “Published”.

All the submissions can be filtered by a few criteria, such as the work’s and market’s names.

The bottom line is that Sonar is a great tool for writers who need to easily keep track of their manuscripts and their status. Inexperienced users should find the program easy to use, thanks to its overall simplicity and intuitive layout.