At the risk of bragging, this entry is going to be nothing but positive stuff.  I had a stupendous year as a writer!  Rest assured, I am still 89% sure y’all hate me and I’m never going to be popular. 😉 

Short Story Submissions: 193*

Short Story Acceptances: 15*

Stories Published: 10*

Poetry Submissions: 119*

Poetry Acceptances: 8*

Poems Published: 6

Literary Agents Queried: 18*

Partial or Full MS requests from Agents: 3

Novels directly submitted to publishers: 2

*New High Score!

Non-Numerical Achievements:

I wrote my first Novella this year, based on a previous year’s NanoWriMo novel, trimmed significantly, it was much stronger shorter, and I submitted it to Tor.Com’s open call.  It’s still in their queue.

I was invited to talk! For the first time!  Thanks to the Harry Science Fiction and Fantasy Club in Canton.

They started a trend because I was also invited to talk to a creative writing class at my alma mater, CWRU. Oh those wee lambs when I busted the hard truth about the finances of writing. (Do not quit thy day job!)

I went to WorldCon for the first time!  And I kept up with my goal of going to more conventions by going to Confluence and Concoction.

I became a mentor in the SFWA mentorship program.  My mentee is super awesome and I look forward to learning a lot from her as I try to impart what little wisdom I have.

I broke in to these new markets:  F&SF, Diabolical Plots, Third Flatiron, Little Blue Marble

I won the first ever Apple Tree Books poetry contest!  

I’ve been translated for the first time, and it means a lot to me that it’s in Vietnamese! SF VN translated my story “Keep Talking” so now my mother-in-law can brag about me in her native language. 🙂

If this is the absolute high point of my career (which it likely will be) I don’t want to say I didn’t stop to appreciate it.  So, go me!  Try to keep it up!  Everyone else: please, please don’t hate me for all my success. I know I don’t deserve it and your writing is much, much better!

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