April is in the books, and here are all my submissions, rejections, and acceptances for the month. April 2019 Report Card Submissions Sent: 8 Rejections: 6 Acceptances: 1 Publications: 3 Submission Withdrawal: 0 That’s a decent month submission-wise. A reasonable amount of rejections against… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: April 2019”
No doubt you’ve seen me post copious amounts of stats and analysis on this blog relating to my submissions, rejections, and acceptances. I’m able to do that because I keep track of every single submission I send and its outcome (plus a bunch of… Continue Reading “Submission Protocol: For the Record”
Seven more days down. Here’s the writing week that was. Words to Write By The quote this week comes from Louis L’Amour. “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” — Louis L’Amour I come back to this… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 4/22/19 to 4/28/19”
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know I like to have a little fun with rejections (it helps keep me mostly sane), and I’ve created a number of activities writers can do with their nos and not for us’s… Continue Reading “The Random Rejection Generator v1.0”
Another week in the books. Here’s how I did. Words to Write By The quote this week is another of Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing. Never open a book with weather. If it’s only to create atmosphere, and not a character’s reaction to… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 4/15/19 to 4/21/19”
Well, I fell behind on these again, so here’s a three-week catch-up of the weeks that were. Words to Write By The quote this week comes from Stephen King. “The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to… Continue Reading “Weeks of Writing: 3/25/19 to 4/14/19”
March has come and gone, and here’s how I did for the month. March 2019 Report Card Submissions Sent: 12 Rejections: 7 Acceptances: 3 Publications: 2 Submission Withdrawal: 1 Okay, this was a pretty good month. A dozen submissions is great, three acceptances is… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: March 2019”
Last week I showed you my ten longest waits for submissions. This week, I’m gonna flip the script and show you the ten shortest waits. So, without further ado, here they are: Time Elapsed Result Sold 1 10 minutes Rejection 2 17 minutes Acceptance… Continue Reading “Submission Top Ten: Shortest Waits”
Back on track with the weekly writing updates. Here’s the week that was. Words to Write By The quote this week comes from the incomparable Ray Bradbury. “You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” – Ray Bradbury I touched on this… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 3/18/19 to 3/24/19”
Recently I sent a few submission status queries and even a withdrawal letter, and it got me thinking about long wait times and how they turn out. So I went back through my submissions and pulled my top ten longest waits to see how… Continue Reading “Submission Top Ten: Longest Waits”