While January was a slow month, I managed to get two new stories started and advance one story to the copyediting stage. At the same time, no acceptances (yet) but I did manage to get one special rejection: being advanced to the second round in a particular contest, albeit rejected in the final round. It is but a glimmer in the dark.

New stories started this month but not finished yet:

• Fantasy: 1

• Sci-Fi: 1

Stories finished this month and being copyedited:

• Sci-fi: 1

Submissions:

• Submitted: 12

• Acceptances: 0

• Pending from previous months: 12

• Rejections – form: 8

• Rejections – personal: 1

• Rejections - never responded: 5