35

My 35th acceptance arrived in today's mail, a contract for a Christmas love story.

34

Yesterday I received a contract for a short story, my 34th sale of the year.

And again...

My story "Nothing But The Painful Truth" appears in the October issue of True Confessions.

Published, again

My story "A Girl, a Guy, and a Sandwich Shop" appears in the October True Story.

Completed revision

Earlier this year I received a 24,000-word ms. back from an editor with numerous suggestions on how to revise and improve the story, along with a note that the editor would look at the story again if I revised it. I did all the heavy lifting right away, making substantial changes and reworking bits and pieces. Then other projects with real deadlines crowded my to-do list and this ms. was pushed aside.

Yesterday I carved a five-hour block out of my afternoon and did a final revision of the ms., cleaning up little bits here and there. Early yesterday evening I sent it to the editor.