April 2010

These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included.

1. Sales in April: 0
2. Rejections in April: 2
3. Submissions sent out in April: 1
4. Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 1

So the poetry contest winner reading came and went around tax day.  Guess who wasn’t there? 

I did send an entry this week for a Writer’s Digest 10th Anniversary contest.  The contest was to write an opening sentence based on a picture incorporating the number 10.  One of the difficulties was the 35 word limit.  Entries were due by May 14 (I submitted early!) and the winners will be published in the September issue.

One thing I learned this month was to finish what I start.  I have several essays and stories begun for contests or themed submissions.  Once the deadline passes, the piece usually gets dropped.  Sounds a little bit like my exercise regime.  One essay and one short story would have been perfect to polish off and submit this past month.  The essay wasn’t finished and the short story didn’t have the rewrites completed to make it better.