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October 2023 Recap

| November 2, 2023

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 107 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 83 (+10) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 86 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 100 Pretty good numbers this month, with a bunch more submissions and some acceptances! The acceptances were for two very […]

Fun for Friday: October 2023 Writing Prompts

| September 29, 2023

It’s spooky season! I mean, in my world, spooky season is year round, but it’s time for the October 2023 writing prompts, and this month, it’s all about Halloween! Column 1, as it always is for the October prompts, is Mab’s Drawlloween Challenge. This one is always my favorite list, year after year! The hashtag […]

My October 2022 New Releases!

| November 10, 2022

I had three new pieces out in the month of October! My poem, “Portrait Day at Zapus Zone 9 Academy,” appeared in the October issue of  Star*Line. Super exciting for me was that this poem is on the BACK COVER, so when people flip over the issue, I’m right there for the world to read! […]

October 2022 Monthly Recap!

| November 3, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 105 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 62 (+5) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 22 New Submissions: 5 Stories out at the end of the month: 65 This year was a bit on the slower side for submissions. I have a ton of stories that aren’t […]

Fun for Friday: October 2022 Writing Prompts!

| September 30, 2022

Alright, everyone. It’s spooky season, and we’re getting EXTRA weird for this month’s writing prompts! As I often do for October, I’m pulling the first column of prompts from Mab’s Drawlloween Club. This year, Mab has opted to write prompts that will inspire lighter and sillier drawings (or stories). But for my second column, I’ve […]

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numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 133 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 76 (+5) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 92 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 148 My numbers for October are getting back to normal, but not quite there!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

Fun for Friday: October 2021 Writing Prompts

| October 1, 2021

This year, I’m going all in for Halloween-themed prompts for the month of October. These are compiled from other creators; specifically, column 1 is Mab’s Drawlloween Club, column 2 is Creeptober from Kick in the Creatives, and column 3 is from Drawlloween.com. The format of these is slightly different from my normal single word format, […]

October 2020 recap

| November 5, 2020

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 109 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 59 Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 99 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 147 Pretty good month by the numbers. I’m getting more stuff out there, even if it’s not immediately leading to more […]

Fun for Friday: October 2020 Writing Prompts

| September 25, 2020

It’s my favorite time of the year: Halloween! I’m ready for lots of spooky writing prompts and other autumnal delights! This month, the words in the first column come from Millennial Boss’s Simple Drawing Prompts. Words in the second column are the words that I’ve come up with, steering clear of the October theme of […]

October 2019 Recap

| November 5, 2019

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 164 Acceptances received: 4 (+5) Rejections received: 80 (+5) (+1) Stories withdrawn: 3 Resubmissions: 89 New Submissions: 5 Stories out at the end of the month: 163 October was a much more typical month than September was, in that I didn’t finish a whole […]