Hope?

I received an email from Lori Knight at the Del Sol Review the other day. She told me that she was still plowing through their slush pile, and that my story, "Bluff," which had been there since July, was still waiting to be read. She told me to have patience. I know this is probably the wrong attitude, and that I should just take it for the rejection it eventually will be, but I can't help seeing it as a glimmer of hope. Perhaps it will be the next publication. Perhaps it will be the next rejection. I'm an optimist, so here's looking forwards to the next big publication!