dawn.vogel | November 27, 2017
I did my first National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) in November 2009. I won that year, in that I wrote 50,000 words. But have those words ever seen the light of day again? Nope. After that year, I attempted NaNoWriMo six more times. I only won one additional time, though The Trouble with the […]
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dawn.vogel | December 1, 2015
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 19 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 20 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 14 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 12 Well, November is over, and I don’t have a new novel to crow about. I started NaNoWriMo very strong, completing 20,000 words in […]
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dawn.vogel | November 4, 2015
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 19 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 13 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 14 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 19 My recap is a little delayed this month because I hit the ground running with my NaNoWriMo novel as of November 1st, and […]
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dawn.vogel | October 1, 2015
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 18 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 12 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 13 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 19 So September was a pretty good month! I got two new stories done (witches and machine) and submitted. And I got another story […]
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dawn.vogel | August 31, 2015
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 18 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 15 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 17 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 18 The numbers this month are oddly symmetrical, and yet not. I got word of two story acceptances: “Veli tis Artemidos” (a reprint) will be […]
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dawn.vogel | December 31, 2014
It’s a little quiet here today, so I’ve got time to look at 2014’s numbers! My numbers for 2014: Stories out at the end of 2013: 5 New Stories Written: 2 Old Stories Making the Rounds: 6 Total Submissions: 56 Total Rejections: 52 (+4) Total Acceptances: 2 Stories out at the end of the year: […]
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dawn.vogel | December 2, 2014
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 8 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 9 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 5 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 4 So first off, NaNoWriMo. Yeah, that happened. Here’s what I posted to Facebook last night: “So I didn’t finish my […]
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dawn.vogel | October 31, 2014
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 6 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 4 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 6 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 8 Well, I still haven’t gotten much new stuff written, but I’m happy to say that I’ve got 8 stories out […]
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dawn.vogel | October 1, 2014
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 4 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 5 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 7 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 6 Numbers are a little better this month, though still not awesome. I have two stories that should be out for […]
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dawn.vogel | September 5, 2014
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 6 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 5 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 3 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 4 So first off, the recap is a bit late. That’s because I spent the whole holiday weekend vegging out, and […]
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