These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in February: 0 Rejections in February: 1 Submissions sent out in February: 3 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 2 I’m restarting with new numbers. Let’s be honest… the market that I sent something to in May 2009 still hasn’t gotten around to… Continue reading February 2010
Category: Status Report
January 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in January: 0 Rejections in January:Â 0 Submissions sent out in January:Â 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses:Â 3 I’ve been working on a new poem to submit to the annual poetry contest held at an Ohio art museum. No new updates… Continue reading January 2010
December 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in December: 0 Rejections in December: 0 Submissions sent out in December: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 Nothing new or old went out in December. I did get two surprises. The first was an email from an Ohio museum. Last… Continue reading December 2009
November 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in November: 0 Rejections in November: 0 Submissions sent out in November: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 It should be no surprise that November was spent doing not much other than working on my 2009 NaNoWriMo Project. I am surprised… Continue reading November 2009
October 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in October: 0 Rejections in October: 0 Submissions sent out in October: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 October was a big fat 0 as far as any submissions and November is likely to be the same. (Working on the newest… Continue reading October 2009
September 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in September: 0 Rejections in September: 0 Submissions sent out in September: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 Even with no children in school, September is usually one of my busier months of the year. I get to recharge with a… Continue reading September 2009
August 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in August: 0 Rejections in August: 2 Submissions sent out in August: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 So the lesson this month is… better tracking. I know two of my submissions in pending response status are for markets not listed in Duotrope. I… Continue reading August 2009
July 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in July: 0 Rejections in July: 2 Submissions sent out in July: 3 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 5 In the first week of July the rejections began arriving. I’d entered a poetry contest and the top three poems were published. My… Continue reading July 2009
June 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in June: 0 Rejections in June: 1 Submissions sent out in June: 1 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 4 The good news is that I am writing some new material again. It’s short stories. Though I think I have a few books… Continue reading June 2009
May 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in May: 0 Rejections in May: 0 Submissions sent out in May: 3 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 4 Didn’t I say May had better watch out for me? 
Back in April I submitted a poem for a contest and the… Continue reading May 2009