My spreadsheets of rejections are growing. Here are their current sizes -
| Magazines | Texts | |
| Prose | 165 | 95 |
| Poetry | 61 | 136 |
Conclusion: I write more poetry than prose, yet I send to many more prose magazines than poetry magazines.
Here are the stats for how easily I give up -
| Times a mag has rejected me | Most times a text has been rejected | |
| Prose | 6 (Interpreter's House) | 17 |
| Poetry | 34 (Acumen) | 20 |
Conclusion: I'm just as stubborn with prose as with poetry, though I tend to give up sending to prose magazines if they've rejected me a few times. The reason I've had so many rejections from Acumen is that they've been around a long time, and between the rejections I've had successes too.
My story collection "By All Means" (ISBN 978-0-9570984-9-7), published by Nine Arches Press, is on sale from
My poetry pamphlet "Moving Parts" (ISBN 978-1-905939-59-6) is out now, on sale at the
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