Category: My Work
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Four – Back On Track!
After what seemed an unmitigated submission disaster in 2017, I really turned a corner in 2018 and had one of my best years to date. In fact, 2018 was so good, I’ve yet to equal it in either number of submissions or number of… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Four – Back On Track!”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Three – Maybe I’m NOT Good at This?
Year three of Rejectomancy was a bit of a wake-up call. After three straight years of increasing submissions and acceptances, I kind of fell off a cliff in 2017. It was one of those years that tests you, makes you ask the question: am… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Three – Maybe I’m NOT Good at This?”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Two- Maybe I’m Good at This?
My second year as a blogger and serious story submitter gave me legitimate hope that there might actually be a future to this whole writing thing. In addition to short story sales, I also published my first novel with Privateer Press and was doing… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Two- Maybe I’m Good at This?”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year One – To Pro or Not to Pro
I started Rejectomancy in July of 2015, a period of time that coincided with me getting serious about short story submissions. So, in many ways, Rejectomancy is kind of detailed record of my writing journey as I transitioned from game designer/writer to a fiction… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year One – To Pro or Not to Pro”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: The Pre-Blog Years
A few months ago, Rejectomancy turned ten years old, and I celebrated that momentous occasion with a guest post from the supremely talented and supernaturally prolific Ai Jiang. (Check out that post here.) This series, however, will focus on my own submission efforts over… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: The Pre-Blog Years”
Submission Statement: July 2025
I’ve missed the last few submissions statements, but I’m back on the beam for July, and ready to share all the glory and pain of the last few months. This’ll be a three-fer, and I’ll give you stats for May, June, and July. So… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: July 2025”
900 Submissions: An Analysis
I recently hit another big story submission milestone. I sent my 900th submission since I started tracking them on Duotrope back in 2012. Like I usually do with this big round numbers, I’ll break down my overall stats, but this time, since 800 subs… Continue Reading “900 Submissions: An Analysis”
Submission Statement: April 2025
April was a slightly better month than March, but though I made decent headway on a number of writing goals, it was still largely a disappointing month. April 2025 Short Story Stats I sent twelve submissions in April, which gave me a total of… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: April 2025”
Submission Statement: March 2025
To put it bluntly, March was a brutal month, but I did make some positive yardage. All of my trials, tribulations, and so, so many rejections below. 🙂 March 2025 Short Story Stats I sent fourteen submissions last month, which gives me a total… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: March 2025”
Path to Publication: The Downer
Time for another path to publication, wherein I recount the long and painful journey of a story from creation to that vaunted state of publication. This time, we’ll be looking at “The Downer”, a spec-fic piece that I thought was an absolute slam dunk… Continue Reading “Path to Publication: The Downer”
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 