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.

Six

I finished and submitted my sixth short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 1,600-word Thanksgiving crime story.

Five

I finished and submitted my fifth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 5,400-word PI story written for an open-call anthology.

23-27

I've been remiss in updating my sales. Since my last post, I've received my 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th acceptances of the year, all crime fiction. One was accepted by an anthology and four by mystery magazines, including tonight's acceptance for a collaboration with Sandra Murphy. If I've counted correctly, Sandra and I have sold five collaborations.

21, 22

I received my 21st and 22nd acceptances today, both crime fiction stories accepted by the same publication.

20

I received my 20th acceptance today, this for reprint rights to a story first published in 2019.

Four

I finished and submitted my fourth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,900-word cozyish mystery I started August 16, 2020.

19

I received my 19th acceptance of the year this afternoon. This time for a 3,200-word bit of crime fiction. 

Three

I finished and submitted my third short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 3,200-word bit of crime fiction I started writing in October of last year. 

Two

I completed and submitted by second story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,700-word private eye story I started 19 years ago.