Nine

Finished and submitted my ninth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 2,500-word bit of crime fiction.

72

 I received my 72nd acceptance of the year this morning, this time for a 5,800-word private eye story.

Eight

I was cruising my computer files this evening, looking for a story I'd roughed out a while back that I thought might fit an open call I'd seen. Instead, I found a nearly complete story I'd written in January 2006. With only a couple of minor tweaks and the addition of a title, I just completed my eighth story of the year. This one's a 1,300-word horror story, but I'll have go hunting for a place to submit it.

Seven

I finished and submitted my seventh story of the year this evening. This one's a 3,100-word historical private eye story with an unusual (for me) setting.

69-71

I'm a bit behind on posting. I received my 69th acceptance of the year on October 26, my 70th acceptance on October 27, and my 71st this evening. The first is a ghost story reprint and the other two are crime fiction, one accepted by a popular magazine and the other by an open-call anthology.

Six

I finished and submitted my sixth short story of the year. This one's a 3,750-bit of crime fiction, intended for an open-call anthology.

Five

I finished and submitted my fifth short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 1,900-word bit of crime fiction inspired by an Independence Day weekend mini-vacation Temple booked for us.

68

I received my 68th acceptance of the year this afternoon, this time for a 3,200-word bit of crime fiction submitted on 7/22/21.

66-67

I received my 66th and 67th acceptances of the year this evening. One's for a 6,400-word bit of crime fiction. The other is for a 3,400-word bit of gothic horror.

Four

I finished and submitted my fourth story of the year this morning. This one's a 14,100-word PI story.

65

I received my 65th acceptance of the year today, this for a 2,800-word bit of crime fiction I submitted yesterday.

Three

I finished and submitted my third story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,400-word bit of crime fiction written to invitation.

63-64

I've received my 63rd and 64th acceptances of the year, the 63rd (crime fiction) a few days ago and the 64th (ghost story) today. Both are reprints.

Two

Today, I finished and submitted my second story of the year, a 3,650-word Cornell Woolrich-ish bit of fiction.

One

This has been an unproductive year for writing. On May 13, I finished and submitted my first story of the year, a 6,400-word bit of crime fiction.

3-62

I've been suite remiss in keeping this updated. Since my last post I've placed two additional original stories and 56 reprints.

2

My second acceptance of the year is a cheat. I'm using a bit of crime fiction I co-authored with Stacy Woodson in one of my anthologies.

1

I don't know which three acceptances I failed to report in 2021, but I ended the year with 30 acceptances, a combination of originals and reprints.

My first acceptance of 2022 arrived this evening for the reprint of a fantasy short story.