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July 2022 Recap

| August 2, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 122 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 62 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 47 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 105 July was a little slower on the submissions front. I have quite a collection of microfiction stories, and sometimes […]

June 2022 Recap

| July 5, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 115 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 69 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 59 New Submissions: 23 Stories out at the end of the month: 122 This month was approaching more normal on rejections and resubmissions/new submissions, helped by the fact that I had 23 […]

May 2022 Recap

| June 2, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 107 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 55 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 75 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 115 This month was a little light on the submissions, but also VERY light on the rejections, compared to a […]

April 2022 Recap!

| May 3, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 137 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 71 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 44 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 107 My submission numbers are a little on the low side this month, which is partially a result of retiring […]

March 2022 Recap

| April 5, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 119 Acceptances received: 4 Rejections received: 72 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 87 New Submissions: 10 Stories out at the end of the month: 137 Things picked up a bit in March, both in terms of what I got done and how many submissions I […]

February 2022 Recap

| March 3, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 129 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 67 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 60 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 119 February is a short month, but it feels like this February flew by. There weren’t a ton of rejections, […]

January 2022 Recap

| February 3, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 146 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 80 (+13) (+1) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 78 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 129 This was a good month for writing new things and getting acceptances! I don’t have contracts for most […]

December 2021 and Overall 2021 Recaps

| January 4, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 127 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 54 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 87 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 146 December was a pretty good month for acceptances this year. I sold a short story, a piece of microfiction, […]

November 2021 Recap

| December 2, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 148 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 98 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 82 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 127 November was a little abnormal, primarily because I was working on a NaNoWriMo novel, which threw off pretty much […]

My 2021 Publications Recap

| November 30, 2021

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. I had a TON of flash published, which does not currently get its own category in award nominations (it qualifies as “short” for those purposes), but I like to separate […]