Reading the tea leaves (somewhat convoluted maybe, possibly, good news)

updated 3-13-09 8pm Well I knew I should have waited to get home. Sure enough the rejection letter lay in wait for me. No honorable mentionings, no finalists, nothing. Well, Joni did scratch out the "Contestant" and wrote in my name. And she signed it in ink with the admonishment to "Keep Writing," which in the past has been printed. The letter also reads differently than previous rejection letters. So I don't know exactly what to think. Except that I need to find another market for it. An additional thought, my past two submissions haven't made the cut with WotF. That's somewhat worrying. end update

Writers of the Future blog just posted the first list of Honorable Mentions for the 1st quarter. You'll notice I'm not on there. Nor have I received a rejection letter, yet (hey, I live in the middle of cow country, mail is slow sometimes). Of course this is also just the first list (she usually posts two or three lists). However, there have been quarters that they have been posting the lists, and I've made the lists (or they sent me the wrong letter), but my name hasn't appeared.

So that maybe a round about way of saying History of Lightning is still in the running. More than likely. Hopefully. Go, little story, go.