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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numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 154 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 102 (+10) Stories withdrawn: 3 Resubmissions: 130 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 169 Numbers are looking pretty good this month.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numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 186 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 86 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 1 (+4) Resubmissions: 38 New Submissions: 8 Stories out at the end of the month: 136 As work from home has become more and more regularized for me, I’ve felt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, […]