Category: My Work
The First 500 Submissions
Recently, I sent my 500th submission since I’ve been tracking them through Duotrope. It took me roughly eight years to amass this many, though the bulk of them have come in the last four years or so. Anyway, it’s a big milestone, so I… Continue Reading “The First 500 Submissions”
Submission Statement: September 2020
September is in the books, and here’s how I did. September 2020 Report Card Submissions Sent: 8 Rejections: 6 Acceptances: 1 Publications: 0 Further Consideration: 1 A solid month, and almost identical to August’s tally. The 8 submissions in September give me 67 for… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: September 2020”
A Week of Writing: 9/7/20 to 9/13/20
One more week of writerly doings. Words to Write By This week’s quote once again comes from Stephen King. “Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written. —Stephen King I know, I know. I use Stephen King a lot. In my… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 9/7/20 to 9/13/20”
Submission Statement: August 2020
August has come and gone, and here’s how I did submission-wise. August 2020 Report Card Submissions Sent: 8 Rejections: 2 Acceptances: 1 Publications: 1 Pretty good month. Eight submissions is solid output, and though I still have some work to do to hit my… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: August 2020”
Submission Statement: July 2020
Little late with this one, but here’re my July submission endeavors. July 2020 Report Card Submissions Sent: 4 Rejections: 5 Acceptances: 1 Publications: 1 More rejections than submissions is indicative of a not-so-stellar month. The four submission in July puts me behind the eight-ball… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: July 2020”
Flash Fiction or Short Stories: Which Is Rejected More?
A little over a month ago, I published a post called How Long Does It Take to Sell a Story? In that post I charted out how long it took me in days to sell some of my published flash fiction and short stories.… Continue Reading “Flash Fiction or Short Stories: Which Is Rejected More?”
Weeks of Writing: 7/6/20 to 7/26/20
Way, way behind on these, but here are my writing endeavors for the past three weeks. Words to Write By This week’s quote is from Stephen King. I’ve used this one before, but it’s one of my favorites, so I’m using it again. 🙂… Continue Reading “Weeks of Writing: 7/6/20 to 7/26/20”
Hard Drive Deep Dive
The subject of unearthing forgotten stories from your hard drive came up on Twitter yesterday (Thanks, Marcus!), and it prompted me to go to my hard drive (and an external one I use as backup) and see what might be lurking there. Well, in… Continue Reading “Hard Drive Deep Dive”
A Novel First Draft by the Numbers
A few days ago, I finished the first draft of a new novel tentatively titled Hell to Play. I’ve posted about first drafts in the past, but since this one is fresh in my mind I thought I’d break down the numbers and talk about… Continue Reading “A Novel First Draft by the Numbers”
Weeks of Writing: 6/22/20 to 7/5/20
A week behind, but here are my writing endeavors for the past fortnight. Words to Write By This week’s quote is from Stephen King. “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” —Stephen King This quote is one that I wholeheartedly agree… Continue Reading “Weeks of Writing: 6/22/20 to 7/5/20”
Effectively Wild – A Baseball Horror Story
Night Walk & Other Dark Paths
Acts of War: Flashpoint
Acts of War: Aftershock
Acts of War: Stormbreak
Aeryn Rudel's Rejectomancy 