I’ve had this story, The Telling, much longer than I thought that I would. I assumed a no from Neometropolis when I didn’t appear in the March issue, so I sent it out to Neo-Opsis (where I meant to send it in the first place). Four hours later Stephanie Ann Johanson said: I enjoyed the alien life in “The Telling”. The story has a lot of emotion to it, but it still feels like it is missing something. She also found three bad typos in the text. It was well worth submitting to them, even if I did get another tick in the “R” column. (Up to 8 now on this one.)

I sent it out to Baen right away, but I’ll have to find some place more apt to take it. Paula returns in a day or so, and she works weekends. I’ll need a place to send it by Monday.

I received my autographed book – The John W. Cambell Letters. It is full of ideas that he suggested to his writers. One idea, at least, I will try to outline tomorrow. If JWC thought is was a good idea, maybe I can make something of it. I have read most of the stories by the author that he sent it to, so I think it was never written.