{"id":1080,"date":"2009-03-01T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2010-06-13T00:56:41","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T04:56:41","slug":"february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1080","title":{"rendered":"February 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sales in February: 0<\/li>\n
  2. Rejections in February:\u00c2\u00a03<\/li>\n
  3. Submissions sent out in February:\u00c2\u00a02<\/li>\n
  4. Total stories\/poems\/contests pending responses: 2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ve officially received my longest rejection yet.\u00c2\u00a0 I already assumed it was a rejection after 6 months so it’s not included in the figures for February.\u00c2\u00a0 398 days.\u00c2\u00a0 In a newsletter I noticed the market advertised for new submissions which made me laugh since I hadn’t heard from them.\u00c2\u00a0 Within a week the rejection arrived in my email which made me laugh even harder.\u00c2\u00a0 I suppose even though the market is open all year round for submissions that the submissions are only looked at after someone decides new content is needed.<\/p>\n

    All that’s outstanding right now is a contest entry of three poems\u00c2\u00a0(which I probably won’t have an answer on until April) and a short story that I probably won’t hear about until the end of March or early April.\u00c2\u00a0 In the meantime I just have to keep writing, revising and submitting.<\/p>\n

    I attended an online workshop \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who is Your Character\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hosted by Lea Schizas<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It motivated me to print out my 2008 novel from NaNoWriMo.\u00c2\u00a0 Before the first draft was completely written I had convinced myself the sisters were too similar.\u00c2\u00a0 Similar characters was one thing I did not want to face in the editing – do I fix it by removing a character or rewriting one of them?\u00c2\u00a0 It always seemed like rewriting would be the best response and taking Lea’s workshop showed me some different ways in which I could accomplish this task.<\/p>\n

    I attempted to go to a book reading\/signing at one of the local library branches but we had a wind storm and the power was out.\u00c2\u00a0 When I checked on it a few days later to find out if there was a reschedule date, I discovered the event went ahead as planned with candlelight.\u00c2\u00a0 How romantic!<\/p>\n

    The second signing I planned on attending was almost a full house.\u00c2\u00a0 John Hemingway<\/a> was there to discuss and then sign his memoir Strange Tribe<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s about fathers and sons.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in February: 0 Rejections in February:\u00c2\u00a03 Submissions sent out in February:\u00c2\u00a02 Total stories\/poems\/contests pending responses: 2 I’ve officially received my longest rejection yet.\u00c2\u00a0 I already assumed it was a rejection after 6 months so it’s not included in… Continue reading February 2009<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-status-report","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t