It's taken 88 months since I launched this writing endeavour in earnest, but I just made my three thousandth submission!
I had four acceptances at earlier dates, all non-paying, which suggested to me that I should be getting serious about the possibilities, and I test-fired the submission mechanism on a few occasions in late 2015, but I'm not counting those outings, for simplicity's sake.
I've been scrounging for this sub for a few days. It's amazing to what degree the market is saturated, not expressly with my own material but material in general. To find a story of the right genre, of the right length, not previously published, and match it with a market both reading at this time and paying an acceptable rate, was no easy matter. I studied two industry newsletters, worked through lots of possibilities, and got quite frustrated before settling on one to go out.
But the milestone has gone by, and the future awaits—onto the next thousand submissions! But from 2023 onward, my emphasis will be trending toward novels and anthology collections—single-author publications—with short stories continuing to circulate in the background.
That said, I hope to have plenty more news from the magazine and anthology markets in future as well!
All the best from Aus,
Mike
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