2014 was the year of personal rejections: of the six stories I submitted, five either sold or received personal rejections and/or were short-listed. I only finished two new stories in 2014, but I suspect I can be forgiven for that. My overall numbers weren’t too unlike earlier years.
I’ve been submitting stories for six years, and in that time I’ve written fifteen stories that have made it to a submittable state. I’ve made 45 submissions, and five sales.
In that time, I’ve also written one and a half YA novels, and started an adult speculative historical novel and an adult urban fantasy novel in the same world as Horn. I have 13 short stories in progress; some of them have been that way for four or more years. I should add start date to my metadata.
Submissions by year
- 2014: 10 submissions of 6 stories; 4 shortlisted, 1 sale
- 2013: 11 submissions of 7 stories; 2 shortlisted
- 2012: 13 submissions of 6 stories; 2 sales
- 2011: 6 submissions of 4 stories
- 2010: 4 submissions of 4 stories; 2 sales
- 2009: 1 submission, 1 story
Submissions by story
- 2014: 1 submission, sold 2014
- 2014: 2 submissions, shortlisted 1
- 2013: 1 submission
- 2013: 3 submissions, revised to editorial request
- 2013: 3 submissions, shortlisted 1
- 2013: 3 submissions
- 2012: 1 submission, sold 2012
- 2012: 8 submissions, shortlisted 1, sold
- 2011: 8 submissions, shortlisted 2
- 2011: 3 submissions
- 2011: 4 submissions
- 2010: 1 submission. sold 2010
- 2010: 1 submission
- 2010: 1 submission, sold 2010
- 2009: 5 submissions, sold 2012
