History That Never Was

By the numbers:
Stories out at the beginning of the month: 116
Acceptances received: 2
Rejections received: 41 (+3)
Stories withdrawn: 4
Resubmissions: 41
New Submissions: 8
Stories out at the end of the month: 115

February has continued January’s trend of being a good time to finish pieces. One of my new submissions this month was the short story I finished on January 31st, but I also finished two other short stories and five flash fiction pieces. I had two pieces accepted in February as well, one of which has just come out, and the other of which won’t be out until 2025. But I don’t mind the wait!

In February, I sent my non-fiction project to a potential publisher. I heard back from them with an explanation of why the book didn’t work for their press in particular (though they were encouraging that it was a good book), so I’m going to wind up self-publishing this project this summer!

I also completed the first pass of revisions on my superhero novella and sent that out to a beta reader. I’ve decided that it’s going to need more revisions down the road, so I’m going to delay self-publishing this one until late in 2024.

I finished chapel and seance, but I didn’t quite get done with cloak and neglect. I also started drafting atoll, which is going smoothly if slowly, as it involves a lot of research. I wrote three new flash pieces for submissions, two for the contest, and revised a couple from the contest. I also chugged along on my craft book exercises, reviewed two books, assembled my next collection, edited a DCO book, and laid out another DCO book. It was a BUSY month!

In March, I plan to:

• Proofread, layout and cover art for my collection
• Finish writing atoll
• Write two to four new flash fiction pieces (some may overlap)
• Revise two or more flash fiction pieces from the contest
• Write five poems for a contest
• Do four craft book exercises
• Start developing characters for my next novella project
• Start editing/restructuring my non-fiction project
• Proofread a DCO book

This is a little lighter than some months, in part because I’m taking a lot of time to write atoll. But I also have a busy weekend schedule through all of March, so the lighter work load is a good thing!

Tags: february, recap

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