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Fun for Friday: The Etymology of February

| February 2, 2018

Did you know that originally, February didn’t even exist as a month? And that the Roman god Februus is named after a Roman festival from which the month takes its name, not the other way around? If you’re interested in word origins, check out this article about the origins of the name of the second […]

Fun for Friday: February Writing Prompts

| January 26, 2018

As January winds to a close, it’s time to start looking at writing prompts for February. There are a lot of love-related things for this month, but you don’t have to make them part of a romantic story or poem. In fact, it could be interesting to flip some of them to their darker sides. […]

February 2015 recap

| February 28, 2015

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 5 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 8 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 11 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 9 More good numbers for February! I finished up revisions on one story (code name: play) that I had written in […]

February recap

| February 29, 2012

By the numbers Stories out at the beginning of the month: 6 Acceptances received: 1 (“The Devil’s Toybox”) Rejections received: 2 Resubmissions: 0 New Submissions: 1 (“The Devil’s Toybox”) Stories out at the end of the month: 4 So what did I get done this month that isn’t reflected above? I only wrote one book […]