yesterday afternoon at 1pm I sat down to write a story that had been flapping about the back of my head for weeks. I finished the work shortly before 5pm, filed to flash drive and wandered off to have dinner. Then this morning I submitted the story – at 9.52am. At 10.11 I had the acceptance back. 19 minutes! And all over, from the time I started writing the story to the time it was taken for a specific magazine issue, it took just under 21 and a half hours. I wasn’t trying for a record, but this has to be at least one of the fastest results ever, particularly as the story was in no way solicited, or even expected. But this result makes up for any recent rejections – and all the rain this weekend that’s left my damaged leg complaining. Whooppee!
