A Couple Positive Moments.

And there are those moments when you nearly forgot you sent a story in for consideration and you receive the following email:

Christopher,

"The Last Book on the Shelf" has made our second read list, so we're going to hold on to it for a while longer if you don't mind. We'll keep you updated and let you know the final results by November 1.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to read it.


Also, there's the warm feeling that goes along with a positive working relationship where you feel comfortable sending an email inquiring about an anthology that had already closed for submissions just to see if they might be willing to take a look at a story I think they might like. Basically, I was being Opposite Me, not assuming I knew the answer. This was their reply:

Normally, we wouldn't. But because we've worked together before I'm happen to pass it on so it gets a read. Send it through when you can (but don't take too long as we're close to being finished...


Sometimes it's the small things that make my day, especially when that day was not a good one.