2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I track my short story writing, from idea and draft to submission.
This is the weeks of Jun 8 – Jun 15.
Stats
- Stories Finished: 2
- Submissions Currently Out: 7
- Submissions Total: 20
- Rejections: 17
- Acceptances: 0
Submissions and Responses
We seem to be in the summer lull. No responses to any of my submissions this week.
Goals and Results
I continue the rework of T.I.M., finishing another 1500 words or so. I had a tough time figuring out the right way through one of my new scenes, but I think I cracked it. I have two scenes left. If I can get through those next week, I’ll do a cursory clean-up pass and set it aside to look at the Critters feedback for Beneath the House in Caen. The feedback for that story was fairly positive, so I don’t think I’ll have nearly as much rework to do.
T.I.M. has gone through enough of a re-work that I will probably submit the new version to Critters to see how it is received. This is unusual for me; I usually do one round of critiques, and then tighten the story with that feedback to my own satisfaction before sending it out to publishers. However, I’ve been doing more rework after the critique phase recently, so a second round is beginning to feel more justified.
I don’t know whether that means I’m refining my process, or if these last couple stories have just needed more rework than usual.
Next Week
- Finish T.I.M.
- Start working on Beneath the House in Caen revisions.
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