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March 2022 Recap

| April 5, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 119 Acceptances received: 4 Rejections received: 72 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 87 New Submissions: 10 Stories out at the end of the month: 137 Things picked up a bit in March, both in terms of what I got done and how many submissions I […]

February 2022 Recap

| March 3, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 129 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 67 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 60 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 119 February is a short month, but it feels like this February flew by. There weren’t a ton of rejections, […]

January 2022 Recap

| February 3, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 146 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 80 (+13) (+1) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 78 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 129 This was a good month for writing new things and getting acceptances! I don’t have contracts for most […]

December 2021 and Overall 2021 Recaps

| January 4, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 127 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 54 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 87 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 146 December was a pretty good month for acceptances this year. I sold a short story, a piece of microfiction, […]

November 2021 Recap

| December 2, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 148 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 98 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 82 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 127 November was a little abnormal, primarily because I was working on a NaNoWriMo novel, which threw off pretty much […]

My 2021 Publications Recap

| November 30, 2021

It’s the time of year when folks start posting lists of their stories and books from the past year that are eligible for award nominations. I had a TON of flash published, which does not currently get its own category in award nominations (it qualifies as “short” for those purposes), but I like to separate […]

October 2021 Recap

| November 2, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 133 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 76 (+5) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 92 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 148 My numbers for October are getting back to normal, but not quite there! But hey, I’m writing new stuff […]

September 2021 Recap

| October 5, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 142 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 92 (+1) (+5) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 91 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 133 My numbers for September are a little on the low side, because, as you can see from the […]

August 2021 Recap!

| September 2, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 173 Acceptances received: 7 Rejections received: 100 (+5) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 74 New Submissions: 8 Stories out at the end of the month: 142 August was a FANTASTIC month for acceptances–in fact, seven is the most acceptances I’ve had in a single month […]

July 2021 Recap

| August 3, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 150 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 94 (+1) (+4) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 114 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 173 Slight ramp up of submissions this month, even though it was a little slow on the rejection front. […]