I just got the word that time_shark is going to buy my story "Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer" for Clockwork Phoenix 4.   Very happy. This is my second sale to Mike; my story "Lineage" appeared in Clockwork Phoenix 3 in 2010.

My 2012 report looks like this:

• 52 submissions of 14 different pieces ( ( Read more... )

Here (very late) are my monthly statistics for September

• 8,500 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 23 first drafts currently in progress. 2
   
• 10 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3
   
• 4 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

Here (a little late) are my monthly statistics for August:

• 7,800 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 24 first drafts currently in progress. 2
   
• 9 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3
   
• 4 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

Here are my monthly statistics for July:

• 14,600 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 25 first drafts currently in progress. 2
   
• 7 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3
   
• 4 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 0 second drafts currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

Here are my monthly statistics for February:

• 5,500 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 22 first drafts currently in progress. 2
   
• 1 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3
   
• 5 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 0 second drafts currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

First, the good stuff:

Small Beer Press will soon release A Life In Paper, a collection of short stories by the French fabulist Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, translated by Edward Gauvin. Edward was my classmate at Clarion, and is a gifted literary SFF writer as well as a skilled translator. Putting Châteaureynaud into English has been his pet ( Read more... )

I have my monthly writing/submission stats for both December and all of 2009.

First, December:

• 8,400 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 21 first drafts currently in progress. 2
   
• 5 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 3
   
• 3 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 0 second drafts currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

Monthly stats for November:

• 4,800 new words of fiction written this month. 1
  
• 21 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time)
  
• 4 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 2
  
• 3 second drafts currently in progress
  
• 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
  

Monthly stats for October:

• 10,182 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 20 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time)
   
• 3 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 2
   
• 4 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 2 second drafts currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

GUD (Greatest Uncommon Denominator) has bought "Liza's Home", which was one my submission stories for Clarion.  It's slated for Issue #5 (Fall, 2009).  I shall be shamelessly urging you all to buy it.

I've previously commented on what a nifty magazine GUD is, so you can imagine how delighted I am. It has introduced me to many splended new writers, ( Read more... )