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Brooks Writes Stories: How Did It Go in 2021?

In mid-2017, I started submitting and tracking my fiction writing and posted updates in 2018, 2019 and 2020. How did it go in 2021? In 2021, I submitted versions and revisions of 24 stories 106 times to 50 different outlets. This included one contest.Between January 1...

Stories 2020: How Did It Go?

In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted updates in 2018 and 2019. How did it go during 2020? In 2020, I submitted versions and revisions of 33 stories 128 times to 64 different outlets. This included 5 contests.Between January 1 and...

Mystery Tribune Publishes “Tour De Forest”

Mystery Tribune, a magazine of fiction, non-fiction, art and photography that celebrates mystery and suspense, just published my story “Tour De Forest” (910 words; 4 minute read). In this story, Philippe, a rising competitive cyclist who just won a stage on the Tour...

Stories 2019: How Did It Go?

In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted a 2018 update. How did it go this past year? In 2019, I submitted versions and revisions of 33 stories 111 times to 49 different outlets. This included 22 contests.Between...

Stories 2018: How Did It Go?

In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing in earnest. So, how did it go this past year? In 2018, I submitted versions of 33 stories 76 times to 33 different outlets. This included 12 contests.By December 31, 2018, I received 64 rejections...