Here are my monthly stats for May:

• 6,200 new words of fiction written this month. ¹
   
• 19 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time)
   
• 2 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft.
   
• 2 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   
• 2 third drafts currently in progress.
   
• 0 third drafts currently awaiting polishing.
   
• 0 fourth drafts in currently in progress.
   
• 1 rewrite (at request of editor) currently in progress.
   
• 13 stories currently submitted to markets
   
• 20 words in shortest story currently submitted. (A twitterfic)
   
• 8,700 words in longest story currently submitted.
   
• 3 offers of publication received this month. ²
   
• Longest current wait without response: 376 days.
   

¹ Not too good. End of term and all. I wrote one new story and several twitterfics, and I worked (am still working) on a difficult second draft.

²"The Never Fair," plus the two twitterfics. A good month!

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