2010: In Writing

[zanzjan]

Things Written:
Zombie Cabana Boy, horror short story.
Surf, science fiction novelette
Ancou, science fiction novel (the flesh-eating bacteria one) first draft

Things Published:
Zombie Cabana Boy in Black Static 17. One review (that recommended it) referred to it as "toe-cringingly tacky", which is *exactly* what I was going for and pleased me greatly.

Submission Stats:
11 things submitted total this year:
- 1 sale
- 7 rejections
- 3 still pending
121 submissions total since I started writing:
- 10 sales (9% of overall, full list here)
- 101 rejections
- 6 withdrawals
- 4 total pending

Of the pending:
Tor: 1765
Tor.com: 239
Analog: 26
Other Market: 3

Conventions attended:
None.

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That was my year in writing. Not bad with a full-time IT job and being a single parent to a moody teenager and two toddlers. (-: I think it's unlikely I'll make it to any conventions this year, though I'm sort of thinking about Balticon (which I've never been to before) or Wiscon if I can work out the travel logistics. Chances are good I won't be at too many cons until the sprogs hit an age where they can participate in kid programming, which is still another couple of years away.

Projects for 2011:
revise, finish, and submit novel Ancou
finish unnamed short story (currently ~1k) started this week
finish the Aztec story
finish the mountain story
continue to seek an agent
attempt to find new in-person writing group

Comments

[prusik.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm in total awe of your track record. (Over 5 years, I've made ~130 submissions and sold only once.) Also, I'm starting to wonder if everyone I know has a story waiting 6+ months in the tor.com slushpile. (They finally rejected my story on day 307.)

Best of luck with the pending stories and the stories you'll send in 2011. (A bit sad that we won't cross paths at any cons this year though. I thought about Wiscon, but I decided on FOGcon this year for any of a number of reasons.)