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Fun for Friday: June 2023 Writing Prompts

| May 26, 2023

It’s almost a week until June begins, but with the way May ends, this is the time for the June writing prompts! This month, I’ve set the WayBack Machine to several old lists of prompts. Column 1 comes from a 2016 6-word writing challenge. Column 2 comes from 2020 writing prompts. And column 3 comes […]

New Poetry Out in June 2022

| July 7, 2022

I’ve been selling pieces pretty steadily, but I only had one new piece release in June. My poem “Lost in Space” appeared in Felis Futura, which is an anthology of future cats. I wrote this poem specifically for the anthology, involving cats on a spaceship and how their shedding might gum up the works a […]

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numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 115 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 69 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 59 New Submissions: 23 Stories out at the end of the month: 122 This month was approaching more normal on rejections and resubmissions/new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

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To, June 2022 Edition

| June 8, 2022

Reading: A mix of books for reviews, Stephen Fry’s poetry book, and marketing books. Lots to juggle and process! Watching: We burned through season 2 of Sanditon recently, as well as the first part of season 4 of Stranger Things. Listening to: New albums from Oneus and Psy, plus a new group on Psy’s label, TNX, who […]

Fun for Friday: June 2022 Writing Prompts!

| May 27, 2022

This year is flying past for me! Here we are, staring down the beginning of June, summer vacation for kids, and possibly summer weather if you’re in the northern hemisphere. So it’s time for the June 2022 writing prompts! June has had a bunch of art challenges in the past (not all of which are […]

June 2021 Recap

| July 6, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 150 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 64 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 90 New Submissions: 21 Stories out at the end of the month: 150 An oddly parallel month, with the same number of stories out at the beginning and end of the month. June […]

Fun for Friday: June 2021 Writing Prompts

| May 28, 2021

June is just around the corner, so it’s time for another month of writing prompts! For this month, the words are drawn from a variety of sources and aren’t necessarily themed toward the month. There are also some fun things tucked in there like “lyrics” and “quote,” which might not mean talking about those things, […]

June 2020 Recap

| July 2, 2020

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 129 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 58 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 32 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 102 Numbers are down this month, both because I didn’t get a lot of rejections, but also because I’ve been pulling […]

Fun for Friday: June 2020 Writing Prompts!

| May 29, 2020

Another month is behind us, and soon we’ll be halfway through the year. So here are some writing prompts for you to enjoy in June! They’re a fairly random mix of words, several of which could be read several different ways. Check back on the last Friday of each month (or occasionally the first day […]

June 2019 Recap

| July 2, 2019

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 87 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 56 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 68 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 101 Big numbers in submissions for June, though it wasn’t coupled with any acceptances. I’ve got a few pieces out right […]