getting close

really. i can feel it. because i received another almost-acceptance today, this time from Story Quarterly.

yes, it was a rejection, but so nice and complimentary (read: they said it was seriously considered). and no, i did not detect any sarcasm. to close, they said that they thought that the story was so well done that while they finally decided not to use it, they think another editor will pick it up in fairly short order.

so not really a letdown. because this is the nicest rejection note to date. and because i think it means that i am getting close to publication.

next time, or a time soon to come, the letter will say yes, not no.