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My 2023 Awards Eligibility Post

| January 3, 2024

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, like the Nebulas, Hugos, and more. I’m including word count for my short stories and novelette this year, because different awards require different word counts, and it’s easy for me […]

December 2023 Recap

| January 2, 2024

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 86 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 49 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 77 New Submissions: 28 Stories out at the end of the month: 112 December was a very productive month for me. After the busy-ness of November with NaNoWriMo, I had time to […]

New Year, Let’s Go!

| January 1, 2024

It’s 2024 now, and I’m spending the first day of the year working on a whole bunch of writing tasks, both creative and business of writing related. In the coming weeks, I’ll post my 2023 recap and my plans for 2024. But for today, it’s just a busy day off work when I can devote […]