response time -- autumn issue

Response times have been delayed this reading period due to my persistent health problems. Although I have caught up with most replies, there are still a few left to do. My apologies if your submissions receive a delayed response.

For those submissions not following guidelines (not submitted during specified periods, stories way over word count, etc.), I typically send a repsonse indicating the submission cannot be accepted for that reason, but due to an increase in these, submissions ignoring guidelines may be disregarded.