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February 2026 Recap!

| March 5, 2026

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 33 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 14 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 23 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 40 February turned out pretty good on the resubmissions front, as I managed to send out more pieces than I received […]

January 2026 Recap!

| February 3, 2026

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 38 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 39 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 34 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 33 I made more submissions in January than I did in December of last year, but I didn’t quite keep […]

My 2025 Recap!

| January 7, 2026

My numbers for 2025: Stories out at the end of 2024: 47 New Stories Written: 30 (12 flash fiction, 8 drabbles, 10 poems) Old Stories Making the Rounds: 117 Total Submissions: 258 Total Rejections: 200 Total Acceptances: 23 Stories out at the end of 2025: 38 In 2024, I noted that my subs were a […]

December 2025 Recap and Publications

| January 6, 2026

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 30 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 12 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 20 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 38 My December numbers are up a little from November, as I worked on getting some submissions out into the […]

October and November 2025 Recap and Publications

| December 4, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 43 Acceptances received: 4 Rejections received: 15 (+6) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 11 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 30 October and November wound up being very chaotic for me, with a lot of traveling, K-pop events, a wedding, […]

September 2025 Recap

| October 7, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 48 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 19 (+2) (+1) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 19 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 43 My September wound up pretty busy, so I didn’t quite get in as many submissions as I might […]

My Flights of Foundry 2025 Recap!

| October 6, 2025

This year at Flights of Foundry, I was a workshop presenter, moderator, panelist, poetry challenge co-leader, and support staff. It was a ton of work but also, as always, a ton of fun! On Friday, I kicked off the poetry challenge with a co-working and sharing session. Then I led my Intro to Speculative Poetry […]

August 2025 Recap

| September 9, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 48 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 22 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 24 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 48 I started and ended August with the same number of stories out, which is an accomplishment, especially with as busy […]

My Worldcon recap!

| August 25, 2025

I spent five days at Worldcon in Seattle as a panelist/participant and also as an attendee. It was a wonderful time, filled with a lot of walking but also a lot of meeting and talking to people! Wednesday, I read from Sure Shot in Cobalt City: Homecoming to a small but appreciative audience. I also attended […]

July 2025 Recap

| August 7, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 45 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 17 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 20 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 48 My numbers this month were pretty stable, sending out a few more stories than I had rejections and acceptances. […]