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numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 137 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 71 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 44 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 107 My submission numbers are a little on the low side this month, which is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

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To, Mid-April 2022 Edition

| April 13, 2022

Reading: Continuing to work my way through books for review and Stephen Fry’s The Ode Less Travelled. Watching: Moon Knight is now running weekly episodes, so we’re watching that, even though I know basically nothing about the character. I would watch Oscar Isaac read the phone book, especially if he’s playing around with accents while he does. […]

Fun for Friday: April 2022 Writing Prompts!

| March 25, 2022

It’s nearly the end of March, and though I could post these prompts next Friday, on April 1st, I thought I’d get them posted a little earlier than that. April’s a good month for spring words and all sorts of word about wind. There are a handful of other words thrown into the mix to […]

April 2021 Recap

| May 4, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 154 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 102 (+10) Stories withdrawn: 3 Resubmissions: 130 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 169 Numbers are looking pretty good this month. Only one acceptance, for a poem, but I’ve got quite a few […]

Fun for Friday: April 2021 Writing Prompts!

| March 26, 2021

It’s nearly April, and at least in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s springtime (for whatever that means for a given latitude)! The words for this month are a mix of springtime words and other, random words, but hopefully the multiple meanings of some of these words will provide an interesting combination! I’ve also added a photograph […]

April 2020 Recap

| May 5, 2020

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 186 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 86 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 1 (+4) Resubmissions: 38 New Submissions: 8 Stories out at the end of the month: 136 As work from home has become more and more regularized for me, I’ve felt like my downtime has […]

Fun for Friday: April 2020 Writing Prompts

| March 27, 2020

March has seemed a lot longer than it ought to have, but this is shaping up to be the new normal in our neck of the woods. This month, we’ve got a random assortment of words, plus a bonus handful of words in the image for this post. Feel free to toss them in wherever […]

Fun for Friday: April 2019 Writing Prompts

| March 29, 2019

After a ridiculously slow January, it feels like this year is just zipping past. Hopefully things will slow down a bit in April so we can enjoy the nice spring weather in the Northern Hemisphere. And hopefully those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are having a pleasant autumn! This month’s prompts are spring focused, […]

April 2015 recap

| April 30, 2015

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 6 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 3 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 4 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 6 The numbers this month seem a little low to me, but I think that’s mainly because I’ve got stories out at markets that have a longer […]