Suddenly October
Submitting Sunday #5 – October 4, 2026 Stats for 2026:Submitted Stories: 7Rejections: 6Novel Queries for Taraxaca: 3Rejections: 3 Steadily collecting those rejections! It feels nice to be submitting again; having a new short story finished makes a big difference. I had my fastest rejection ever from Beyond Ceaseless Skies—I wasn’t sure if this story was…
Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow…
Suffering Sunday #3 (and the belated Submitting Sunday #4) – September 20, 2026 Things have been wildly busy and my brain has been solidly engaged for weeks (this is a good thing, I hope), so hopefully my update for today’s newsletter is coherent. This month’s suffering theme is time. It’s nearly Mabon, we’re in the…
The Gauntlet: The Busy Season
Sundry Sunday #1 – August 30 For my first Sundry Sunday, I felt at a loss for what to share. The last month has been busier than I expected, with a lot of ups and downs, some big feelings, some wins, and some setbacks. I don’t think I’ve managed to fit this much work-work, social…
The Wrong Side of Quickening
Suffering Sunday #2 – August16 The physical suffering was more pronounced this go around! After months upon months of a sedentary lifestyle—justified by working on my MFA while working full time—the exercising has begun. It’s like the quickening, if you’re the one being beheaded. I’ve returned to the gym (thank you, new apartment!) and gearing…
Plans, Schedules, and the Sheets to Track Them
Submitting Sunday #3 – August Well, I can check another query off my list as a “No thank you.” I appreciate having clear markers, like an email response or a note that if no reply has been made after X number of weeks, it’s a rejection; it’s hard when there’s no measure and you just…
Suffering Sunday #1
The “suffering” of this first Suffering Sunday is not so pronounced because I’m back at residency and I’m so happy! But there’s a bittersweet edge to the week, with graduation and the end of my program coming up on Friday. I started this MF-Adventure three years ago when I applied to Western Colorado University three…
