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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The Defunct Heat City Literary Review

Does anyone remember the high quality, short lived Heat City Literary Review? It was a really nice literary journal, based if I recall correctly in Boston. It seemed very promising. Their first couple of issues were very high quality using professional materials, excellent professional perfect bound glossy covers, about 90 pages. I loved their covers …

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A Poll: Which Group of the Following Experiences is NOT True About Me?

Which of the following is NOT true about me? Some of this stuff seems crazy. It's meant to...

Some of my more “popular” quotes on Quotes.net

I wondered if and who may be looking at the hundreds of quotes attributed to me around the Internet. One of the big sites has over 100 Scott Holstad quotes. My findings were interesting and have given me food for thought.

Some Arbitrary Pics from My Poetic Journey

I thought since I've had a seriously varied writing career encompassing five whole decades, it might be fun to post a few random photos (zany, crazy, wacky?) with no real agenda in mind. Just whatever I find, and perhaps a brief blurb on a couple to explain...