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2012 Wrap-up
These stories of mine made their appearance in 2012: “Touch the Dead” On Spec Magazine “Summer Lover” Shroud Magazine “Proof in the Pudding” Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Flush Fiction “The Onion Farmer” Aoife’s Kiss “Stone Eater” Abyss and Apex “Foolish Wishes, Fairly Kisses” NewMyths.com “Nikki 2.3” The Journal Of Unlikely Entomology I wrote about 330 000 words this year. This included completing Novel #5, most of the rough draft for Lazy Designer #3, and fifteen new stories. I sent out over 200 submissions this year. In terms of new sales I had four, two of them having already appeared (“Nikki 2.3” and “The Onion Farmer”) and two forthcoming “A Primer…
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Brent’s Stories Available (So Far) This Year…
So this has been an interesting year for me. I haven’t really kept a tally in previous years but I’m sure 2012 has seen more stories of mine published than in any other year. So far I’ve had six stories appear, with another slotted to be out before the end of the year (and two wildcards that should have been published earlier in the year but haven’t been yet). The stories are: Nikki 2.3 (still available to read, for free, at The Journal Of Unlikely Entomology) Onion Farmer (Aoife’s Kiss) Proof in the Pudding (Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader – Flush Fiction) Stone Eater (Abyss and Apex, you’ll need to subscribe…
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2011 Wrap-up
Overview So how did I do in 2011, writing-wise? Overall, I was very productive. I had set myself a lower word target goal than I had managed in 2010 (I had anticipated having less writing time) but I actually ended up exceeding that, writing over 430 000 words. About 130 000 of those words were written in November and the first two weeks of December as I completed my nanowrimo novel. Unfortunately on other fronts the year was more disappointing. I met my quota of sales but still did not manage any ‘pro’ level sales (though I’m thrilled to have broken into a couple new markets that I really enjoy…
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Writing History
I was prompted (after reading a recent post by Brad Torgersen that brought me to an older post by Jay Lake where he discussed his publication history and how he has amassed over a thousand rejections) to put some of my own stats up here. 284 Rejections before first small press sale 397 Rejections before first semi-pro 505 Rejections before first pro 592 total subs with twenty or so stories out at market now By the end of 2010 I will have had twelve stories published in total, not counting reprints and such.
