It's October....ššš
Well, we're entering another seasonā¦. Cool weather will soon be coming, pretty leaves, spooky nightsā¦ šļøšš»ā¦Hard to believe 2025 is about overā¦. And September just seemed to fly by - more like, it was just a blur. I think I was kinda glad to see it go. Especially since I spent part of the last evening of it at the wake of a good friend's fatherā¦ I hadn't seen my friend in 7 years, and only got to visit with him for a few short minutes, but at least we got to say the hello that had been missing for so long. I wish it had been under better circumstances, but, it is what it is.
On a lighter note, I had a very nice visit with 90ās country superstar, Aaron Tippin. As a mutual friend of my friend, he was at the wake as wellā¦. He lives in/around Cookeville and I've run into him before, but this was the first visitā¦ I was just thinking about being a teenager in New Jersey in the 90ās, hearing Aaron Tippin on the radio, and never being able to even imagine that thirty-some years later I'd be talking to him like I knew him forever at a funeral in Tennessee. Funny what life throws our wayā¦ the roads we takeā¦. the people we meetā¦the connections we makeā¦
Okā¦ I don't know where those deep thoughts came fromā¦.just a reflection of the past month, I sāposeā¦. But September is over (good riddance) - let's look forward to October and beyondā¦
But firstā¦.
September Stats
Traffic was 5,000 and 6,000 views above the previous 30 days up until about a week ago, when we dropped 5,000ā¦.we finished the month at:
20,871 site views
15,259 total post reads = avg of 565 reads per postā¦ that's amazing when you think aboutā¦
Our open rate (percentage of emailed newsletters opened) is at 34/35%ā¦ the Substack average is about 25%, so we're well above thatā¦
Thank you all for such an engaging community. And I encourage everyone to join in - like and comment on stories/poems. We have our regulars, but we have ānew regularsā popping up all the time, and everyone is welcome to join in the conversation, leave feedback, and interact with the writers. And, writers, you are also encouraged to engage with your āfansāā¦ š
KissMet Quarterly
Submissions for the Winter 2026 issue opened today and we already had a flurry of submissionsā¦āļøāļøāļøā¦ submissions are open until Nov 15ā¦
For guidelines, go to micromancemagazine.substack.com and click the KissMet tabā¦
To submit:
kissmetsubs@gmail.com
Saltwater and Ash
And just a reminder, submissions are still open until Dec 31 for our Romantasy Anthologyā¦. We've received about 30 subs so far ā¦ most all are mermaid stories! Where are our dragon folk?
Oh! I almost forgotā¦ we're trending again on Substackā¦šā¦
Thank you all so much for making Micromance the premiere place for romance! You all are the bestā¦. šā¦.
G. Lynn Brown, EIC š„°
Great news!
Keep up the good work š