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Locus Weekend Recap!

| July 9, 2019

I spent the weekend at the end of June at the Locus weekend events, which was a fun time! I got to hear some great readings by Amal el-Mohtar (from This is How You Lose the Time War, which she co-wrote with Max Gladstone, and which I am super excited to read) and Connie Willis (from […]

April 2019 Recap

| May 2, 2019

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 58 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 44 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 58 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 74 April was a busy month on the submission front. No new acceptances, but I had a lot of pieces […]

Norwescon Recap

| April 23, 2019

I spent the weekend at Norwescon, and for the first time in years, I was simply there as an attendee–no vendor’s room or author’s row table, not speaking on panels, and basically no obligations except as part of the Broad Universe reading. So I got to attend a bunch of panels and take some writing […]

March 2019 Recap

| April 2, 2019

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 56 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 41 Stories withdrawn: 1 (+1) Resubmissions: 45 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 58 It’s been another busy month, with lots of stories going out, coming back, and going out again. I withdrew […]

2018 in review

| December 31, 2018

It’s the end of 2018, so it’s time to look back and see how I did on my writing goals. 18 new short stories Met and exceeded. My final count (as of today) is 44 completed pieces in 2018, which includes 6 poems and 38 stories. In addition, I have 16 more stories that are […]

November 2018 recap

| December 4, 2018

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 32 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 28 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 30 New Submissions: 12 Stories out at the end of the month: 46 November was a busy month for submissions, as I finished up a bunch of my Drawlloween pieces (10 stories and […]

October 2018 Recap

| November 1, 2018

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 31 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 25 Stories withdrawn: 1 (1) Resubmissions: 23 New Submissions: 4 Stories out at the end of the month: 32 Things turned around more quickly in October, so I’ve got a few more resubmissions, and a handful of new […]

September 2018 Recap

| October 2, 2018

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 32 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 18 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 16 New Submissions: 4 Stories out at the end of the month: 31 While it doesn’t seem like I’ve had a whole lot of submissions this month, part of that is that I’ve […]

August 2018 recap!

| September 4, 2018

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 31 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 26 Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 27 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 32 August has been a busy month. I’ve had two story acceptances! I haven’t signed the contract for one of them, […]

July 2018 Recap

| July 31, 2018

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 33 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 22 Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 18 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 31 The numbers for this month aren’t all that different from last month, aside from fewer new stories and acceptances. There […]