writing update
Nov. 24th, 2010 04:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheI suppose the subject header should read "publishing update", because I realized recently that I haven't said much about my submission efforts lately.
Basically, I didn't submit much of anything this year until late summer/early fall.
Submitted three pieces ("Alzheimer's", "Fault" & "[Home again, latchkey.]" to Mississippi Crow; all accepted. 0 days for full response.
Submitted five pieces ("Confession #15", "Leaf & Organelle", "Post-Equinox", "Reincarnation", "Sex After Separating") to New Madrid. Status pending.
Five pieces ("Aneureka", "Confession #2", "Grandfather's Ruin", "One-Sixth" & "The World") to The Los Angeles Review; five rejections. 27 days for full response.
Submitted three pieces ("[I fly apart at large distances.]", "Meditating on the Why" & "the self") to BluePrintReview; "the self" accepted. 14 days for full response.
One piece ("Midlife Advice") to Pear Noir!; one rejection. 22 days for full response.
Seven pieces ("Cancer", "[happy]", "Black Friday", "Off Slowly", "Referral", "Step Right Up" & "Universal Picnic & Bouffant") to Barge Journal; "Cancer" & "Universal Picnic" accepted. 3 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Lazarus", "The Reality of the World", "Referral" & "The World") to Floorboard Review. Four rejections. 48 days for full response.
Three pieces ("Tarot Reading, 1/04/03", "Tarot Reading, 1/08/03" & "Tarot Reading, 1/13/03") to Phantom Kangaroo. "1/08/03" accepted. 5 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Bas Relief", "Be a Good Girl", "The Concubine" & "Meditating on the Why") to Apparatus Magazine; status pending.
Eight pieces ("Assembled Season", "Definition", "Floaters", "Intercessionary", "Nude Glimpse", "Sevenling: At the Checkout", "Step Right Up" & "Twins in the End") to Sixth Finch; status pending.
Five pieces ("Bargaining", "Confession #16", "Dreaming the Angel", "Grandfather's Ruin", "One-Sixth") to The Minnesota Review. Five rejections. 48 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Earthen Oven", "Fragment of Imagination", "Nexus", "Notes While Waiting for a Bus" & "Uncoupling") to Reed Magazine. Five rejections. 35 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Bargaining", "Confession #15", "Confession #16", "Current Sentiments in Ann Arbor" & "Dreaming the Angel") to Barn Owl Review. Five rejections. 40 days for full response.
Three pieces ("Dream Dragons", "Happiness Is" & "Operandi") to Twenty20 Journal. One acceptance ("Operandi"); two rejections. 49 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Afterbirth/life", "Beside the Sidewalk", "Ouroboros IV", "Request" & "Two Years Since the Bloodletting") to Verse Wisconsin; "Afterbirth/life" & "Two Years" accepted. 23 days for full response.
Submitted three pieces ("Black Friday", "February" & "Next in Line") to Barrier Islands Review; three rejections. 8 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Confession #1", "Confession #2", "Confession #3" & "Confession #7") to Calliope Nerve; all accepted. 2 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Beyond the Bloom", "The Difference", "Suburban Sabaist", "Undern" & "Widdershins") to Foliate Oak; "Beyond the Bloom" accepted. 7 days for full response.
Six pieces ("The Aunt's Bed", "Black Friday", "Magical Thinking", "Slow Promenade", "Value" & "The Victor and the Spoils") to Mezzo Cammin; "Aunt's Bed", "Black Friday", "Magical Thinking" & "Value" accepted. 11 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Ouroboros I", "Transposition", "U.N. Bombing, August 19, 2003", "Wildlife at Sagebrush Ranch") to The Buffalo Creek Review; four rejections. 0 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Copperhead", "Dusk Pales in Comparison", "Nonsense Sonnet #8", "Occasion" & "Unscientific Method") to The Waiting Room; status pending.
Two pieces ("Exocrinology" & "Last October") to Foundling Review; two rejections. 4 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Aspect", "Assembled Season", "Definition" & "first call") to Radioactive Moat; status pending.
Five pieces ("Anorexic's Keen", "Benazir", "Cassandra", "A Rest" & "Witch") to The Ante Review. Five rejections. 36 days for full response.
Five pieces ("How the Crazy Starts", "Listening to REM", "Off Slowly", "Step Right Up" & "Chance") to The Shit Creek Review; "Chance" accepted; others status pending.
Total pieces submitted: 109
Total pieces pending: 57
Total pieces rejected: 33
Total pieces accepted: 19
Acceptance ratio: 36.54% (not including pending); 17.43% (w/pending)
It's been a good season.
Basically, I didn't submit much of anything this year until late summer/early fall.
Submitted three pieces ("Alzheimer's", "Fault" & "[Home again, latchkey.]" to Mississippi Crow; all accepted. 0 days for full response.
Submitted five pieces ("Confession #15", "Leaf & Organelle", "Post-Equinox", "Reincarnation", "Sex After Separating") to New Madrid. Status pending.
Five pieces ("Aneureka", "Confession #2", "Grandfather's Ruin", "One-Sixth" & "The World") to The Los Angeles Review; five rejections. 27 days for full response.
Submitted three pieces ("[I fly apart at large distances.]", "Meditating on the Why" & "the self") to BluePrintReview; "the self" accepted. 14 days for full response.
One piece ("Midlife Advice") to Pear Noir!; one rejection. 22 days for full response.
Seven pieces ("Cancer", "[happy]", "Black Friday", "Off Slowly", "Referral", "Step Right Up" & "Universal Picnic & Bouffant") to Barge Journal; "Cancer" & "Universal Picnic" accepted. 3 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Lazarus", "The Reality of the World", "Referral" & "The World") to Floorboard Review. Four rejections. 48 days for full response.
Three pieces ("Tarot Reading, 1/04/03", "Tarot Reading, 1/08/03" & "Tarot Reading, 1/13/03") to Phantom Kangaroo. "1/08/03" accepted. 5 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Bas Relief", "Be a Good Girl", "The Concubine" & "Meditating on the Why") to Apparatus Magazine; status pending.
Eight pieces ("Assembled Season", "Definition", "Floaters", "Intercessionary", "Nude Glimpse", "Sevenling: At the Checkout", "Step Right Up" & "Twins in the End") to Sixth Finch; status pending.
Five pieces ("Bargaining", "Confession #16", "Dreaming the Angel", "Grandfather's Ruin", "One-Sixth") to The Minnesota Review. Five rejections. 48 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Earthen Oven", "Fragment of Imagination", "Nexus", "Notes While Waiting for a Bus" & "Uncoupling") to Reed Magazine. Five rejections. 35 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Bargaining", "Confession #15", "Confession #16", "Current Sentiments in Ann Arbor" & "Dreaming the Angel") to Barn Owl Review. Five rejections. 40 days for full response.
Three pieces ("Dream Dragons", "Happiness Is" & "Operandi") to Twenty20 Journal. One acceptance ("Operandi"); two rejections. 49 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Afterbirth/life", "Beside the Sidewalk", "Ouroboros IV", "Request" & "Two Years Since the Bloodletting") to Verse Wisconsin; "Afterbirth/life" & "Two Years" accepted. 23 days for full response.
Submitted three pieces ("Black Friday", "February" & "Next in Line") to Barrier Islands Review; three rejections. 8 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Confession #1", "Confession #2", "Confession #3" & "Confession #7") to Calliope Nerve; all accepted. 2 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Beyond the Bloom", "The Difference", "Suburban Sabaist", "Undern" & "Widdershins") to Foliate Oak; "Beyond the Bloom" accepted. 7 days for full response.
Six pieces ("The Aunt's Bed", "Black Friday", "Magical Thinking", "Slow Promenade", "Value" & "The Victor and the Spoils") to Mezzo Cammin; "Aunt's Bed", "Black Friday", "Magical Thinking" & "Value" accepted. 11 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Ouroboros I", "Transposition", "U.N. Bombing, August 19, 2003", "Wildlife at Sagebrush Ranch") to The Buffalo Creek Review; four rejections. 0 days for full response.
Five pieces ("Copperhead", "Dusk Pales in Comparison", "Nonsense Sonnet #8", "Occasion" & "Unscientific Method") to The Waiting Room; status pending.
Two pieces ("Exocrinology" & "Last October") to Foundling Review; two rejections. 4 days for full response.
Four pieces ("Aspect", "Assembled Season", "Definition" & "first call") to Radioactive Moat; status pending.
Five pieces ("Anorexic's Keen", "Benazir", "Cassandra", "A Rest" & "Witch") to The Ante Review. Five rejections. 36 days for full response.
Five pieces ("How the Crazy Starts", "Listening to REM", "Off Slowly", "Step Right Up" & "Chance") to The Shit Creek Review; "Chance" accepted; others status pending.
Total pieces submitted: 109
Total pieces pending: 57
Total pieces rejected: 33
Total pieces accepted: 19
Acceptance ratio: 36.54% (not including pending); 17.43% (w/pending)
It's been a good season.