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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”
27 Submissions: My Most-Rejected Story SOLD!
No, this is not a new rom-com starring Katherine Heigl; it is a tale of literary woe and eventual triumph. You see, last weekend, I set a new rejectomancer record. I sold my most rejected story. That’s right; “Time Has No Memory” finally sold… Continue Reading “27 Submissions: My Most-Rejected Story SOLD!”
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”
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”
Surviving 700 Rejections
Last week, I hit another significant submission milestone. I received my 700th rejection since I started tracking them on Duotrope back in 2012. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you know that when I hit a big round number… Continue Reading “Surviving 700 Rejections”
Pro or Not Pro, That Is the Question
Recently, I outlined my writing goals for 2025, which you can see here. One of those goals is to make at least 12 pro sales, but that leads me to the following question. What exactly IS a pro sale? It’s not as cut and… Continue Reading “Pro or Not Pro, That Is the Question”
Submission Statement: November 2024
And that’s a wrap on November. Let’s see how I fared in the story submission trenches. November 2024 Short Story Submissions I sent seven submission in November, three off my goal of ten, but I’m not unhappy with that total. It gives me 62… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: November 2024”
Micromanagement: 7 Reasons You Should Write Microfiction
I’ve been writing microfiction almost daily for the past five years under the prompted #vss365 hashtag on all the social media sites I currently inhabit, and I’ve blogged about the benefits of tiny tales before, but it’s been a while, and, well, the social… Continue Reading “Micromanagement: 7 Reasons You Should Write Microfiction”
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