November 2022 Recap
I bought the cats a new catnip toy, but they were too enthralled by the smell to even get it out of the bag!
By the numbers:
Stories out at the beginning of the month: 65
Acceptances received: 1
Rejections received: 63 (+2)
Stories withdrawn: 2
Resubmissions: 76
New Submissions: 8
Stories out at the end of the month: 74
This month looks pretty similar to last month on most fronts, though I had a lot more resubmissions (getting a bunch of stories that hadn’t been submitted back out into the rounds). I had one acceptance for a poem. The +2 on rejections is for markets that never responded, and the withdrawn pieces are for poems that are going into my upcoming collection.
I only finished four new pieces in November, but the eight new submissions were due to some poems I finished last month but hadn’t started circulating yet.
I worked on revisions to Governess a little bit, but I ultimately decided that a lot of it needs a massive overhaul, practically on the level of rewriting. And I also found, yet again, that writing long form is exhausting. So that’s been placed on the backburner for now. I finished the draft of pig clones and a new flash fiction piece, and I revised three Drawlloween pieces (one flash and two poems). I also got my next collection put together, reviewed a book, worked through more of Stephen Fry’s poetry book, and got my newsletter out.
In December, I plan to:
- Revise moors and pig clones
- Write first draft of a new story (wolf)
- Start the first draft of another new story (woe)
- Write a flash piece, along with some miscellaneous flash and/or poetry
- Create the cover art for my next collection
- Write two book reviews
- Work through the next section of Stephen Fry’s poetry book
- Read and review some writing craft books
- Newsletter
This isn’t too bad at all for what is shaping up to be a slightly more social month than others have been in recent memory. We’re still not doing a lot of large gatherings, but small gatherings with folks who are similarly cautious are back on the table for us.
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