44, 45

2016 is ending strong. I received my 44th and 45th acceptances of the year this evening!

43

I received my 43rd acceptance of the year this afternoon. This one's for a 4,700-word bit of crime fiction.

42

I received my 42nd acceptance of the year this afternoon, this time for a 2,100-word confession.

Fifty-six

I completed and submitted my fifty-sixth short story of the year this morning. This one's a 5,200-word confession I began writing January 20, 2010.

Fifty-five

I completed and submitted my fifty-fifth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 4,400-word bit of crime fiction I started December 13.

Fifty-four

I completed and submitted my fifty-fourth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 2,100-word confession I started April 23, 2014.

Fifty-three

I completed and submitted my fifty-third short story of the year this evening. This one's a 3,400-word ghost story I started November 25.

Fifty-two

I completed and submitted by fifty-second short story of the year this morning. It's a 3,600-word confession I started November 9, 2015.

One of my goals each year is to write and submitt an average of one story each week. With this story, I've reached this year's goal...and I have a few weeks remaining and a few stories near completion. So, this year I might exceed my goal.

Published 2x

My story "Kicking Bad Habits" appears in the January 2017 True Confessions and my story "Surviving Cabin Fever" appears in the January 2017 True Story.

Fifty-one

I completed and submitted my fifty-first short story of the year this evening. This one's a 2,000-word bit of crime fiction I started writing on November 25.

Fifty

I completed and submitted my fiftieth short story of the year this afternoon, a 2,700-word bit of crime fiction I started October 19.

41

I received my 41st acceptance of the year today, this time for a confession.

40

I received my 40th acceptance of the year this morning, this time for a Valentine's Day confession.

39

I received my 39th acceptance today. This is for another essay.

Forty-Nine

I completed and submitted my forty-ninth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 5,500-word Valentine's Day romance I started October 30.

Published: "The Santa Suit"

My story "The Santa Suit" appears in the December issue of True Story.

Tales from the Dark Side

My "Tales from the Dark Side," an essay about errors of professionalism that writers make, is a guest blog today at Sleuthsayers.org. Read it here.

Published: "Selfies"

My story "Selfies" appears in the just-released anthology A Dose of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem.

Order the Kindle edition at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dose-Murder-Mystery-Mayhem-ebook/dp/B01M3V2G8V/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477874798&sr=1-2&keywords=michael+bracken

My story is the first one in the anthology, so by using Amazon's "Look Inside" feature you can read the entire story.

Forty-eight

I completed and submitted my forty-eighth short story of the year this morning. This one's a 2,400-word Valentine's Day story I started October 12, 2009.

38

I received my 38th acceptance of the year. This one's for an essay, not a short story.