Poem: No new poems. 1 rejection, 2 rejections total.
Short Stories:
Wrote:
Open All the Doors (F)
The Person who Put Down the Keys (SF)
Inappropriate Gifts (F/H)
Treif (F/H) (just finished. Haven’t sent out yet)
Published:
No new stories published. One story, “Miracle, Texas,” accepted by Nil Desperandum.
Rejections:
7 for February
21 for the year
Out on submission:
29 stories.
(Total submissions in the last 12 months – 132, acceptances – 4, published – 2. Acceptance rate 3.85%.)
Novels:
Wrote: No new novels written. Alien Blue edited. Editing Death Watch.
Rejections:
7 for February
21 for the year
Novels out on subs: 3
Total number of days in year so far: 59. Total rejections: 43.
I’m not sure why I’m not getting as many rejections this month. It’s not like I’m hanging back and not resending them when I do get rejected!
I suspect there were more rejections in January because a lot of markets reopened after the Christmas period and they were all gung-ho about the slushpile, plus they had less in the sub pile whereas it’s built back up now.
Ahhhhhh…