THis week was not so good in terms of production. Between the storm, the power outages, the fact that CrazyHorse was out of school everyday but Monday, the fact that Hubster's long weekend just happened to coincide, SteelerNation Mania decended upon my house, and Wolverine was being clingy. But, I did manage some words, just not what I've become accustomed to.

So: words for the week: 7089
Words for the year to date: 43637

Even if I'd hit my weekly goal, I wouldn't have hit the 50k I really wanted but, that's the way it works...

Tags: 2009, metrics, statistics

Overall - this was a very slow week but, in the end, I managed an ok overall word count - still about 5k short of a personal unstated goal but not bad.

Week of 1/5 - 1/11 - 10460

YTD - 13590

If I keep this average, I suppose my overall counts will be in a nice range, just less than I expected. I'm still not sure how I'm going to handle revisions - not so much first round which is generally an adding round but the polishing rounds are almost always cuts so I guess those probably won't get counted the same way. Who knows.

Finished: 4 Chapters of PQ, one flash fiction
worked on several other shorts and poems but none are finished yet.

Tags: metrics, statistics

2008 - the year of the rat - was an interesting year... On one hand, one of the best to date, but the lows this year were damned scary. CrazyHorse in the hospital with pneumonia. Wolverine and his constant battle with the skin issues (we’re taking him to a dermatologist after the holidays see if we can’t find SOMETHING to help him). Ambulance for me and my bee sting (but this was good as it was minor and forced me to actually go to the doctor and I now have my epipen). Hubster got his promotion. We’re starting to catch up with everything even though our ideal dream is probably twenty years away – we want a farm with horses and pigs and cows and assorted yummies.

 

On the writing side of things - this was my best year to date! I did a complete revision on Thosha Tol - needs another before I start sending it out. I wrote a complete rough on Purgatory’s Queen. I sold my short story collection, Hardwired Humanity. I have no idea how many words I wrote - as I’m horrible at keeping track. I can’t even tell you how many stories or poems I wrote this year.

 

My stats were OK. Didn’t hit my goals but I’d been expecting to have Thosha ready to query too and that didn’t happen. I did, however, send 121 submissions out. With 13 acceptances and 90 rejections and an acceptance rate of 10.74%. No where near my goals but maybe next year. (there are still submissions out there of course so those numbers will eventually change).

 

Short fiction accepted in 2008: Switch (Hardwired Humanity), Venus and the Birth Of Zephyrus (Hardwired Humanity), When Closed Eyes Open (Hardwired Humanity), The Wreck of the Griffin (Hardwired Humanity), Canned Man (Hardwired Humanity), Evolution of a Shadow (Hardwired Humanity), Moronar’s Chosen (Flashing Swords Summer Special*), Scabs (Everyday Fiction), Left Behind (Anthology Builder), In the Midnight Hour (Espresso Fiction), Fireworks (Abandoned Towers),

 

Poems accepted in 2008: The Man I Never Knew (Peeks and Valleys), Trinity (Sounds of the Night), Tomb of the Ancient Goddess (Big Pulp), Soul Scrapbook (Big Pulp), Crow Queen (Aoiffe’s Kiss*), Tryst (Oysters & Chocolate), Dambala (Niteblade), Resurrection (Mirror Dance), Symbiosis (Mirror Dance), Seduka (Mirror Dance)

 

Nonfiction accepted in 2008: My Mother’s Playbook (Things My Mother Taught Me), Beacon (The Sigurd Journal),

* Markets on my most wanted list for 2008

 

I've only really been keeping good records since 2004 but it shows a lovely trend - it does!

Year /  Total Submissions /  Total Acceptances / Total Rejections / Still Under Consideration / Acceptance Rate

2004           80                            8                                    72                           0                                             10.00%
2005          123                          13                                 110                          0                                             10.57%
2006           90                            9                                    81                           0                                             10.00%
2007           207                         25                                 181                          0                                             12.08%
2008          121                          13                                  90                           18                                           10.74%

Total           621                         68                                 534                          18                                           10.95%

Factor in that I had a baby in 2006 (which is why the numbers are so low for that year...) I'm not doing too bad. Could be better. It could always be better but Next Year may have some surprises in store for me and my database...
 

Tags: 2008, statistics

September wasn't the greatest month but I wasn't really in the greatest moods either. That tends to effect everything - though, my rejections this month came mostly from the 'big' markets and were, quite honestly, expected. But, if I never try, I'll never know. So I keep trying....

January 19 submissions sent, 3 accepted, 15 rejected,  1 still out
February: 6 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 6 rejected, 0 still out
March:   12 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 10 rejected, 1 still out
April:  10 submissions sent, 2 accepted, 7 rejected, 1 still out
May:  14 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 11 rejected, 2 still out
June:  12 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 8 rejected, 3 still out
July:  14 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 9 rejected, 5 still out
August:   6 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 4 rejected, 1 still out
September: 6 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 5 rejected, 1 still out
Total 2008:  99 submissions sent, 9 accepted, 75 rejected, 15 still out


2007 - only one still out and I'm about to give up on that one... last I heard, I was supposed to hear in August. May query this month - we'll see.

Tags: statistics

I've been posting my submissions stats for a long time now and I still can't believe I forgot to post last month's! Usually it's something I do on the first! Granted, I've been crazy busy but I still should have remembered.

Better late than not at all:


January: 19 Submissions sent, 3 accepted, 15 rejected, 1 still out
February: 6 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 6 rejected, 0 still out
March: 12 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 10 rejected, 1 still out
April: 10 submissions sent, 2 accepted, 7 rejected, 1 still out
May: 14 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 11 rejected, 2 still out
June: 12 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 7 rejected, 5 still out
July: 14 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 6 rejected, 8 still out
August: 6 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 2 rejected, 3 still out

Total 2008: 93 submissions sent, 8 accepted, 64 rejected, 21 still out

2007 - 2 still out

Overall - not too bad. Could be better, But - my book is coming out October 1st so I can't really complain too much.

~S

Tags: statistics, submission, writing

Submissions Stats for July 2008 

January: 19 submissions sent,3 accepted, 14 rejected, 2 still out
February: 6 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 6 rejected, 0 still out
March: 12 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 8 rejected, 3 still out
April: 10 submissions sent, 2 accepted, 6 rejected, 2 still out
May: 14 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 10 rejected, 3 still out
June: 12 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 5 rejected, 7 still out
July: 14 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 3 rejected, 11 still out

2008 Total: 87 Submissions sent, 7 accepted, 52 rejected, 28 still out
currently running an 8% acceptance rate.

 

2007: 5 still out.

Tags: statistics, submission, writing

Monthly Statistics!

January: 19 Submissions Sent, 3 accepted, 12 rejected, 4 still out
February: 6 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 6 rejected, 0 still out
March: 12 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 8 rejected, 3 still out
April: 10 submissions sent, 2 accepted, 5 rejected, 3 still out
May: 14 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 9 rejected, 5 still out
June: 12 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 0 rejected, 12 still out

2007: 207 Submissions sent, 24 accepted, 173 rejected, 9 still out

My acceptance this month was a biggie too - my short story collection, Hardwired Humanity, has been accepted by Cyberwizard Productions. I'll share more details with you as I get them! 

Tags: acceptance, publication, rejection, statistics, writing

A bit horrible but - that's the way it goes sometimes!

 May 2008 Submission Statistics

January: 19 sumbissions sent, 3 accepted, 11 rejected, 5 still out.
February: 6 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 6 rejected, 0 still out.
March: 12 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 8 rejected, 3 still out.
April: 10 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 3 rejected, 6 still out.
May: 14 submissions sent, 0 accepted, 3 rejected, 11 still out.

Total: 61 submissions sent, 5 accepted 31 rejected, 25 still out

2007: 207 submissions sent, 24 accepted, 172 rejected, 10 still out

Tags: statistics, submission, the process, writing

April was a great month for me all around. For one, I got Ender. I found two four leaf clovers (pics have been placed in gallery). I was quite productive with Thosha, did a proof, a line-edit (with a woman who I think is one of THE best editors I've ever worked with), and generally had a rocking month.

Submission statistics:

January 2008: 19 Submissions sent, 3 Accepted, 9 Rejected, 7 Still out
February 2008: 6 submission sent, 0 accepted, 4 rejected, 2 still out
March 2008: 12 Submissions sent, 1 accepted, 5 rejected, 6 still out
April 2008: 10 submissions sent, 1 accepted, 0 rejected, 9 still out

Total 2008: 47 submissions sent, 5 accepted, 18 rejected, 24 still out
Total 2007: 207 submissions sent, 24 accepted, 171 rejected, 12 still out

Things are going pretty good right about now!

~S

Tags: statistics, submission, writing

 March was a mixed bag. On the home front - great things happened. On the writing front - great progress was made. On the publishing front, however, it was not so nice...

March 2008 Statistics

January: 19 Subs sent, 3 accepted, 9 rejected, 7 still out
February: 6 subs sent, 0 accepted, 3 rejected, 3 still out
March: 12 subs sent, 0 accepted, 4 rejected, 8 still out

2008: 37 subs sent, 3 accepted, 16 rejected, 18 still out

Still out from 2007: 17

Tags: statistics