These statistics are all for short stories or poems. Book reviews are not included. Sales in March: 0 Rejections in March: 2 Submissions sent out in March: 0 Total stories/poems pending responses: 4 The two rejections were poems sent to one market. Pending responses include a flash fiction piece with an expected response time of six months… Continue reading March 2008
Month: March 2008
Writing Progress This Week
A short but intense bout of the flu on Tuesday kept me from one of my writing appointments last week. Does a 50% average mean I flunk writing for the week? 🙂 There is a lot of “business” behind the writing and it’s easy to get caught up in it. For instance, on Saturdays I… Continue reading Writing Progress This Week
Excuses, Excuses
There is every excuse not to write and usually not enough for writing. As imaginative folks, writers can make up new excuses that haven’t been used before. My excuse this week was company. During the summer and the fall I never knew when unexpected company would drop in. The winter months usually make Ohioans go… Continue reading Excuses, Excuses
Snow Bound
The weather forecasters called for snow this past weekend and a winter storm warning. We received about two feet altogether. I’m sure other parts of the state received more. Early Friday morning is when it began to snow. By Saturday nearly everyone in my neighborhood was stuck inside their homes. Believe it or not, I… Continue reading Snow Bound
Published Book Review and Updates
The March 2008 issue of Niteblade came out yesterday with my book review of T.C. McMullen’s novel, The Unseen, which is the first book of her Manipulated Evil Series. Rhonda Parrish put together another great issue. In other news… Today the ten finalists for the Amazon Break Through Novel Award were announced. In order to vote… Continue reading Published Book Review and Updates
storySouth Million Writers 2008
Nominations begin today for the 2008 storySouth Million Writers best short story award and ends March 31st.  Editors can nominate up to three short stories of 1000 words or more that have appeared in their online publication during 2007. Readers can nominate one short story of 1000 words or more. Again, the story had to be published… Continue reading storySouth Million Writers 2008