Mike Reeves-McMillan

So, my end-of-year short story stats (assuming no surprises in the next 12 hours):

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So, my end-of-year short story stats (assuming no surprises in the next 12 hours):

2014: 44 submitted, 1 acceptance, 20 form rejections, 14 personalised rejections, earnings $0.00. (The accepted story was paid for in the following year.)

2015: 52 submitted, 8 acceptances, 28 form rejections, 13 personalised rejections, earnings $354.09.

I have five pending submissions, of which one is a rewrite request that I hope will become another sale. 

I started seriously submitting at the beginning of 2014, so that gives you some indication of where hard work and determination can take you in a couple of years. Not far, in some ways, but a long way in others. 

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  1. Lisa “LJ” Cohen Avatar
    Lisa “LJ” Cohen

    Go, you!!!

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  2. Louis Doggett Avatar
    Louis Doggett

    Good for you for selling some, for sending out so many and for keeping track.

    I didn’t keep track so I couldn’t say how many sent in but I know how many acceptances and one Honorable Mention.

    Two are pending and if I get on the ball tonight there could be two or three more. 

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  3. Walter Roberson Avatar
    Walter Roberson

    Wow, that seems like a really really low earning rate! Less than a dollar per hour it sounds like 🙁

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  4. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    I have to frame it as “people are paying me to advertise my writing”.

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  5. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    Also, three of the sales, including the most profitable one, are yet to be paid for. 

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