An Instagram Update

Some of you who've been with me for a long time may recall I had an active Instagram account a LONG time ago, and that it was largely music-focused, particularly my love for vinyl. I mention this to explain an otherwise odd-seeming account name, because I resurrected the account but have refocused it on my …

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My Year In Books: 2024

Yesterday I published a post titled My 2024 [Belated] Goodreads Reading Challenge.  It was basically half of my annual end-of-year posts on my Goodreads reading efforts for each year. It focused on my 2024 Reading Challenge (I surpassed my goal of 200 books by reading 408 last year.) but I still have to post the …

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My 2024 [Belated] Goodreads Reading Challenge 

Every year I write an end-of-year post about my annual Goodreads Reading Challenge and the report titled My Year in Books. I think I've been doing this since about 2012 or 2013. This year was the first time I didn't, even though I had participated as I have every year. And frankly it's been bugging the hell out …

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My 2023-2024 Writing/Publishing Stats

Pieces: 154 Submissions: 288 Rejections: 185 Acceptances: 62 Pending: 26 Acceptance Percentage: 25.1% I’ve seen others post these types of stats lately and some have very high acceptance percentages and others lower. Some also have higher or lower numbers in terms of pieces written, submissions, etc. One thing that’s been personally helpful for me to …

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My Year In Books: 2023

Every year I write an end-of-year post about my annual Goodreads Reading Challenge and the report titled My Year in Books. It's been an annual tradition for nearly a decade and it's that time of year! Fortunately for readers of this post, I don't have the time to write a longish analysis as I typically …

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