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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By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 48 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 22 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 24 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 48 I started and ended August with the same number of stories out, which is an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the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 45 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 17 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 20 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 48 My numbers this month were pretty stable, sending out a few more stories than I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. […]

WriteHive 2025 Recap

| July 21, 2025

July 11-13 was the WriteHive annual online conference for this year, and as I have for the past couple of years, I attended and participated in a bunch of events! On Friday night, I was the interviewer for an interactive fiction Q&A with Livia J. Elliot. This was a fantastic Q&A, with Livia providing a […]

June 2025 Recap

| July 3, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 61 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 36 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 3 Resubmissions: 23 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 45 My June numbers were a little bit lower than they’ve been in past months, in part because I’ve continued […]

May 2025 Recap

| June 5, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 60 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 30 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 32 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 61 My May numbers are a tiny bit up from April, which is exciting! It’s also kind of surprising, because […]

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To, June 2025

| June 4, 2025

Reading: Books for reviews, at the moment. I’ve got a few other things I’d like to crack open, but I’m sort of barely keeping up with other reading right now. Watching: Our latest “must watch” is Murderbot, of course, which we’re really loving! It’s a bit different from the books (I’ve only heard the first book, […]

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To, May 2025

| May 14, 2025

Reading: Still working through Wonderbook and still reading some fiction to review. Amusingly, I had time to kill at a K-pop concert I attended solo last week between the soundcheck and performance, so I found a seat and read a third of a novel. Antisocial, yes. But it was nice to have a little time to […]

April 2025 Recap

| May 6, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 53 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 14 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 22 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 60 I had thought my submissions in April had been a little higher than March, but it turns out they […]

March 2025 Recap

| April 3, 2025

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 44* Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 17 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 19 New Submissions: 11 Stories out at the end of the month: 53 March was, predictably, a little slow on the submissions front, though I did get a bunch of pieces I […]