11

I finished my 11th story of the year yesterday, a 700-word bit of crime fiction. It doesn't seem to fit the guidelines of any market currently open to submissions, so into the filing cabinet it goes. For now.

16

I received my 16th acceptance of the year this morning, this for a bit of flash crime fiction.

I wrote the story in 2013, and it had been sitting in my files ever since its first rejection. Recently, I've been looking through all my unsold stories that are not under submission anywhere, cleaning them up, and sending them out again.

15

I received my 15th acceptance of the year this morning. This one's a 2,100-word bit of crime fiction accepted by a new publication.

Ten

It's been a good day. I finished and submitted my tenth short story of the year this afternoon. It's a 2,800-word bit of crime fiction I started writing last September.

Nine

I finished writing my ninth story of the year this afternoon. It's a 3,600-word action/suspense story, but I've no idea where to send it. The obvious choices are currently closed for submissions. 

14

I received my 14th acceptance of the year yesterday, while I was at Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar in Austin, doing a panel with four of the contributors to Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun.

Anyhow, this was for a short romance.

Eight

I completed and submitted my eighth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 2,800-word bit of crime fiction I began writing in September 2024.

Seven

I completed and submitted my seventh short story of the year this morning. This one's a 6,700-word PI story I started writing in August 2022.