the hardest working little story in my stable
Wed 2019-07-10 23:50:32 (in context)
- 1,129 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 2,850 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 1,362 words (if poetry, lines) long
So this blog post is mainly to announce that my short story, "First Breath", will be reprinted again. I'm not sure exactly when and I don't think I'm at liberty yet to say exactly where, but I have Signed a Contract so it's pretty darn definite.
I'm tickled to now be able to call this story "my most reprinted story." It will have been reprinted a whole two times. Go little story, go! On the other hand, I'm less than impressed with myself; my last two prose sales--that is, counting only short stories, not poetry--have been reprints of this story. And while I remain quite proud of this story, it first saw print eight years ago, you know? I've been writing all sorts of things since then! I would very much like to get an acceptance letter for a new thing! It would help reassure me that I am still capable of writing publishable stories!
But I'm not complaining too hard here. Yay, a second sale in 2019! The numbers game works!
Speaking of the numbers game, here are those numbers:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submissions: | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 64 |
| Rejections: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 39 |
| Acceptances: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Meanwhile, I'm still behind on all things Fictionette. But as of Monday, the Friday Fictionette for June 28th is up: "Right on Time" (ironic title, that--ebook here, audiobook here). Like many stories, it's about how things can always get worse. In this case, things get worse when the wrong miracle happens to the absolute most wrong person. Also, as of today, I've released the Fictionette Freebie for June 2019 to the world at large. You no longer need to be a Patron to access the Friday Fictionette for June 14, "Love in the Time of Lizard People".
I have a whole 'nother rant in me about how REWRITING THINGS IS HARRRRRD but how about we save that for tomorrow? Yeah, lets.