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Fun for Friday: September 2022 Writing Prompts!

| August 26, 2022

Here we are, almost to September. Where has the year gone? This month, I’ve borrowed the words from several art challenges. One of them is one for 2022, but the other two are older ones, as I couldn’t find current versions of their lists. The first column is from the 2022 Kick in the Creatives […]

September 2021 Recap

| October 5, 2021

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 142 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 92 (+1) (+5) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 91 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 133 My numbers for September are a little on the low side, because, as you can see from the […]

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To, September 2021 Edition

| September 1, 2021

Reading: Books to review, and a stack of graphic novels are in my near future. Watching: We’ve been watching The Owl House when new blocks of episodes drop, Marvel’s What If?, Reservation Dogs, and we’re looking forward to the final season of Lucifer later this month. Also fitting in other things when we have time! Listening To: My latest […]

Fun for Friday: September 2021 Writing Prompts

| August 27, 2021

It’s time for the September 2021 writing prompts, as the northern hemisphere slides into autumn. The prompts this month are mostly September-related words, with plenty of random stuff to keep you guessing what you might do with the combination of the three words for each day! You’ll also see lots of things reminiscent of autumn, […]

September 2020 Recap

| October 8, 2020

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 123 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 73 Stories withdrawn: 5 Resubmissions: 46 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 109 My submissions felt like they were back to normal this month, but they still are falling short of some month. […]

Fun for Friday: September 2020 Writing Prompts!

| August 28, 2020

We’re getting very close to September now, so it’s time for September 2020’s writing prompts! This month’s prompts are taken from back to school, the beginning of autumn, and some things specific to September, while also having a number of words that are less connected to these things. I also chose a lot of words […]

September 2019 Recap

| October 1, 2019

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 146 Acceptances received: 8 Rejections received: 81 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 82 New Submissions: 29 Stories out at the end of the month: 164 September was a busy month for acceptances, finishing new things, and getting things out the door. Surprisingly slow on the […]

Fun for Friday: September 2019 Writing Prompts

| August 30, 2019

After doing months of my writing prompts as images, but no longer having access to the image creation software I once used, I’m changing things up a bit. First, I won’t have the writing prompts in a cute little image. Second, I really like doing things in threes, so … I’m changing to a list […]