A funny story for you.... I dropped Writers of the Future an email last night on the fly because I hadn't heard back on my story. Afterwards, I felt a little silly as I reread their guidelines and realized that you're supposed to hear back 8-10 weeks after the deadline and not the submission. This morning, though, I got an email back from them saying they haven't gotten anything from me. So I'm in contact with them, trying to get this sorted out. It would really stink if it turns out they never recieved it, because it's been three months since I submitted and it's now the beginning of a new quarter and if I resubmit, I will have to wait four to five months before hearing back. From the feedback I recieved from Brandon Sanderson on "The Ballad of Hero Kyros" I was very enthusiastic about its prospects. If it turns out that I'm down on my luck on this one, I will send "Hero Kyros" off to one of the magazines and wait till the end of the quarter to submit again to WotF.
On the other hand a dear friend and supporter of mine, Nancy, who helped me out with the money for the Literary Bootcamp has signed me up for a subscription to Asimov, Analog and Fantasy and Science Fiction. She said they were my Christmas and birthday presents. My birthday, by the way, isn't until January. She is far to kind to me. So a big thank you out to Nancy and it seems that I owe her a story in each of those magazines in the near future.
