So This Was April 2022

I’ve made 119 submissions. 113 rejections. 6 acceptances. 2 stories being held.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-Sidekicks was accepted by A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Oct 6th ’21.
Bag Of Bones was accepted by 206 Word Stories, Feb 12th ’22
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up was sold to Synthetic Reality Magazine, Feb 15th ’22
PROVISIONAL SALE IF MARKET GOES AHEAD, TO BE LOGGED.
Father, Are You Sleeping? was sold to Dark Recesses Press, Mar 5th ’22.
Dragon Bait was sold to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Mar 20th ’22.
Unannounced sale to redacted market. Apr 3rd ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies (Co-Author). Stupefying Stories. 8th April ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark…. Stupefying Stories. 8th April ’22.

CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet. These are just an aide memoire for me, and my increasingly terrible short-term memory.

There are currently 32 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:-
Stranding Room Only was released at Abyss & Apex, January 1st, 2022.
Bag Of Bones was released at Bag of Bones – 206 Word Stories: A Horror Anthology. 26th Feb ’22. (POEM)
Father, Are You Sleeping? was released at Dark Recesses Press. 16th Mar ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies was released at Stupefying Stories. 8th April ’22. (Co-Author)
Call Back, Any Time! was released at Grandpa’s Deep-Space Diner, 20th April ’22.

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I chose to remove the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.
I moved the entry for Tuck & Roll because I’m tired of working around its constant delays.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
Dragon Bait will be released in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, May 1st ’22. (DTBC).
Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark… will be released in Stupefying Stories. May 27th, ’22.
Where They Fear To Tread will be released in Jersey Pine Ink’s Trees Anthology, Summer 2022. (DTBC)
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9, Jul 30th ’22
Unannounced sale to future anthology, late 2022. (DTBC)
Potential sale to future anthology, late 2022. (TBC)
Tuck & Roll will be released. (DTBC).
Sidekicks will be released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe. Feb 2023. (DTBC)
There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
I’ve got 2 stories being held. I’m hoping they manifest into sales.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-

I wrote 8 new stories and a poem this month, a total of 4407 words.