Yeah, I’m a little late, but here it is.

Submissions: 68

Rejects: 64

Sales: 2 (plus 3 holds and 1 rewrite request)

Words Written: Fiction-127,553  Reviews-39,338

Stories Written: 1 novel, 2 novellas, 3 short stories

Observations: 2009 was a rough year. My yearly submission goal is usually 100 subs a year. That encountered a massive problem in 2009 because most of my short stories were horror and most horror markets were either not appropriate for me and my goals, or not open. This led to me focusing my writing on novels and SF/F rather than horror. I also did a lot of rewriting and editing and reevaluating of older works which led to no real visible “work”, but bringing some of my short stories up to par and sending the ones I was tired of into the trunk.

Also, I made reasonable money this year. Not like “Who needs a real job” money, but a “Hey, I could go to a con on this!” money.

There lots of other stuff that means little to people other than me, like my personal vs form rejects ratio and the partial and full requests I got from agents. Personal pride, but boring unless it’s you getting them.

Also in 2009 I surprised a few writers by being good, made a few top reads lists, interviewed some of my own favorite writers, became a zombie editor, and might just have gotten a real chance at the Stoker. Certainly can’t complain.