The Numbers, After Being a Writer For a While ...
This is what the numbers look like after a few years of writing and occasionally getting things published.
Important dates and numbers
First publication: 2003
First pro publication: 2009
First super-pro publication: 2014
First child born: 8/2011
Second child born: 11/2013
(And yes, the dates my children were born absolutely matter to the chronology and amount of things have been written and published!)
Publications by year (includes reprint sales and micro-fiction)
2003: 2
2004-2005: 0
2006: 1
2007-2008: 0
2009: 3
2010: 3
2011: 1
2012: 7
2013: 2
2014: 4
2015 (to date): 2
2016 (sold to date): 1
Current status of sales and stories (does not include micro-fiction)
2 short stories accepted, publication pending (one of these is really old and will probably never happen, but it's a non-exclusive reprint sale, so ::shrug::).
1 recently published short story, still in the exclusive post-pub period.
11 trunked short stories/nonfiction articles, some of which were never published, some of which were published but which I think aren't worth the hassle of trying to get reprinted.
1 trunked novel.
1 novel to edit that is halfway trunked.
1 independently published serial novel.
10 short stories to edit.
21 short stories/nonfiction to submit as reprints, previously published.
1 short story in the long-tail afterlife.
6 short stories currently out for submissions.
1 short story to finish (not currently working on).
2 novels to finish (not currently working on).
2 novels to finish (writing RIGHT NOW).*
Actual published stories can be found here: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/biblio.html
*
Not exactly what the half-dragon, half-succubus in the fluffy urban fantasy I'm writing actually looks like, but quite representative of what you find if you try googling such things. Also, a surprisingly large number of such illustrations resemble Angelina Jolie. Just sayin'.
Important dates and numbers
First publication: 2003
First pro publication: 2009
First super-pro publication: 2014
First child born: 8/2011
Second child born: 11/2013
(And yes, the dates my children were born absolutely matter to the chronology and amount of things have been written and published!)
Publications by year (includes reprint sales and micro-fiction)
2003: 2
2004-2005: 0
2006: 1
2007-2008: 0
2009: 3
2010: 3
2011: 1
2012: 7
2013: 2
2014: 4
2015 (to date): 2
2016 (sold to date): 1
Current status of sales and stories (does not include micro-fiction)
2 short stories accepted, publication pending (one of these is really old and will probably never happen, but it's a non-exclusive reprint sale, so ::shrug::).
1 recently published short story, still in the exclusive post-pub period.
11 trunked short stories/nonfiction articles, some of which were never published, some of which were published but which I think aren't worth the hassle of trying to get reprinted.
1 trunked novel.
1 novel to edit that is halfway trunked.
1 independently published serial novel.
10 short stories to edit.
21 short stories/nonfiction to submit as reprints, previously published.
1 short story in the long-tail afterlife.
6 short stories currently out for submissions.
1 short story to finish (not currently working on).
2 novels to finish (not currently working on).
2 novels to finish (writing RIGHT NOW).*
Actual published stories can be found here: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/biblio.html
*
Not exactly what the half-dragon, half-succubus in the fluffy urban fantasy I'm writing actually looks like, but quite representative of what you find if you try googling such things. Also, a surprisingly large number of such illustrations resemble Angelina Jolie. Just sayin'.