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 week of Sept 20 – Sept 28.
Stats
- Stories Finished: 3
- Submissions Currently Out: 8
- Submissions Total: 35
- Rejections: 29
- Acceptances: 0
Submissions and Responses
After a flurry the past couple weeks, no new submissions or responses this week.
Goals
Last week’s goals:
- Start Magpie revisions
- Continue idea writing
The Critters critiques are in for The Magpie. I received 17 in total, and I’ve compiled these into a big document. I’ll proceed to whittle them down until I have a list of revision bullet points, and then I’ll pop open the gearbox and start banging on things.
I continue to hit my word count quotas by writing snippets of stories from my brainstorms list. This has resulted in a few fragments, but I think I may have found one that will end up as a full story.
Next Week
Writing is going smoothly lately, and I’m still working on getting caught up to my quotas, so I’m not changing anything. Steady as she goes.
Goals:
- Continue Magpie revisions
- Continue idea writing
