The phrase “How’s that working for you?” has become a sarcastic, obnoxious response to any attempt of a difficult task or policy, at least in politics.

My difficult task was to submit stories only to “PRO” markets. These markets get thousands of submissions a month and it is nearly impossible to crack. How’s it working for me? Well, I’ve had three stories that I consider “pro” quality out there in 2010. I received 24 rejections on them, far more than usual for my stories.I usually sell a story in less than three attempts, frequently on the first try.

There are a bunch of nice sites that pay $10 that are very happy to get something from me, but I haven’t sent them anything this last year. I have two more stories that I think are “pro” quality and I have not worked on them because of all the rejections I have been receiving. I am thinking of not writing any more SF for a while. It seems that this last year has pointed out to me that I am just not that good at it and I should concentrate on something else.