Week 15 — Year of Short Stories 2026

2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I talk about short story writing, from idea and draft to submission. This is week fourteen: Apr. 13-19. Stats Stories Finished: 2 Submissions Currently Out: 6 Submissions Total: 15 Rejections: 13 Acceptances: 0 Goals and Results Last week’s goals: Write ~2k words of Arbor Grove. Revise F-TIB. This was a fairly quiet week. I made good progress on Arbor Grove, but didn’t quite hit 2k. I revised F-TIB, but it still has a ways to go. I got a single form rejection for Taco Cat. I also did some extra critiques this week. I’ve found that I tend to slack off on critiques when I don’t have a story in the queue (which luckily is not that often this year), so I’ve been trying to not only stay caught up, but get a little ahead. That way I’ll have some wiggle room when things come up and I have to miss a week. Next Week Even though I made progress this week, my goals for next week are essentially unchanged. However, I’m moving F-TIB…