I sent my dragon story, Warrior’s Flame, off to Realms of Fantasy today.  This is a story I worked on for a long time, and was a quarter-finalist at WOTF.  Since then I’ve trimmed some 3,000+ words.

Very difficult, that.  Not only were there many ‘darling’ sentences, but two favorite characters had to go, and numerable funny and/or magical scenes.  Do editors award points if they can’t find a single darling left alive?

I suppose they do, when they offer publication, and in the meantime I just need to send it round and be patient.

I’m being patient.  Honest!