October 2024 Recap
The lone tree outside our living room window and a lovely sunrise sky.
By the numbers:
Stories out at the beginning of the month: 66
Acceptances received: 2
Rejections received: 30 (+2)
Stories withdrawn: 0
Resubmissions: 27
New Submissions: 2
Stories out at the end of the month: 60
October was a pretty balanced month in terms of submissions. I ended the month with a few less pieces out, but I also had two acceptances, both for flash fiction pieces! I also finished a couple of new pieces, one short story and one flash fiction piece.
In October, I revised tragic (the short story above) and wrote a new flash fiction piece (also above); wrote 25 drabbles for Drawlloween; continued revising Sure Shot 2; did a bunch of DCO editing, proofreading, and layout tasks; reviewed a couple of books; worked on craft book exercises; and watched some videos. I didn’t write all 31 of the planned drabbles because the end of October got very busy at work (in part because of my upcoming time off), and I just didn’t have enough oomph left in my brain for creativity.
In November, I’m planning to:
- Finish revising Sure Shot 2
- Do a bit more proofreading and layout for DCO books
- Review a book
- Do two more craft book exercises
- Write a new flash fiction piece
- Start revising the drabbles from October
- Start writing a new story (vampire)
- Watch more online conference videos
This is a little lighter than some months, because I’m spending a week of November at a gaming convention and another week at a work event. So I won’t really get much writing work done during half the month!
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