August 2008

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

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

Pending responses include a drabble under consideration at one market and two short stories at two different markets.  I don’t do simultaneous submissions very often.  The drabble has been out the longest.

At this point I don’t think the poems I sent out in January are going to get a response.  I went ahead and put them down as assumed rejections in Duotrope. 

While there were no acceptances this month I feel it was a good month for the following reasons: 

  • One of my submissions had the nicest personal rejection I’ve ever received. 
  • I learned how to write a query letter which resulted in my first freelance query to a magazine.  It was ultimately rejected because they wanted more lead time on the event. 
  • Even though I’ve not published a book I also learned what a sell sheet is and how to create one.   Basically it has all of the ordering information for a book on it.  It makes it easy for book clubs, libraries and others to order your book because all of the information is right there.

I suspect September is going to start the ramp up to my busy November.  In September is Book Blogger Appreciation Week.  I have a book review due before December I’d like to finish before things get really busy.  October brings a mini-vacation, out of town visitors, the Muse Online Writing Conference and prep for NaNoWriMo.  November will be my newest attempt at another novel.  In addition to More Than Blue I have two unfinished novels.  I’m hoping November will bring another completed first draft.

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