Almost a year since I got my first acceptance and first work published, wrote something nostalgic (i suppose)

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Newsletter: A Year full of Sub...

Very excited and counting down days as 2 stories will be published in next two weeks. Mark your calendars for 12th and 22nd June! #2026WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Between dozens (maybe even two dozen!) of rejections got a few acceptances. A new one just hit the inbox and it will be getting published this month! #2026WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #WriteEditSubmit #AmWriting

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A is for Anthology/ Last couple of months I've gotten a bunch of acceptances, and it makes sense to make a thread of it! Starting of with the big one! One of my stories will be out in the Gilgamesh anthology (available sept 22) #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #2026WritingJourney 1/🧵

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Gilgamesh - Flame Tree Publish...

Quick update, May has been feeling really slow with responses (I would have expected a lot more rejections and lot less acceptance by this point) 2 reprints (originally on my Patreon) accepted 2 prev unpublished stories accepted A dozen rejections. #2026WritingJourney #WritingCommunity 💙📚

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Check out my consolidated March & April update for the #2026WritingJourney on @[email protected] (and become a member, help me reach 70 readers this month, currently at 61) #NewsLetter #Blog #WritingCommunity

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Newsletter: Updates from March...

I woke up to a couple of rejections, so this was a nice surprise to balance the day. Acceptance for a reprint—a story I really like, and I'm glad a lot more people get to read it in September! #2026WritingJourney #WritingCommunity

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I just finished* my 50th short fiction for the year since 1st Jan 2026(varying lengths) I also sent out my 175th submission since 16th May 2025. *counted as story being sent/shared on my site. #WritingCommunity #2026WritingJourney #AmWriting

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Did this get followed with two rejections few hours ago? you bet it did :D #WritingCommunity #2026WritingJourney #AmWriting #WriteEditSubmitReject

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Been a hot minute since I've seen an acceptance post in my inbox 😬😬😬 #WritingCommunity #2026WritingJourney #AmWriting #WriteEditSubmit

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