I'm paraphrasing, but the email basically said they liked the story, but it wasn't a good fit for the anthology and they saw potential in it for a series or at least a longer work. To my surprise, a few weeks later LT3 sent me back a rejection letter. I had written phrases like: "Message received" and "Message properly responded to" in order to fit with the theme and I submitted it to LT3. I added in a dash of magic, some pirates, and an evil king to give the story some depth, and voila The Oracle's Flame was born. Why couldn't I do the same? The Dragon of Fire was the perfect hero, a young man just coming of age with a thirst to prove himself. I turned again to Delphi, where heroes were given important quests to complete. So I had a message received, which meant I had to figure out a way for the message to be answered. An Oracle receives a message from beyond the Veil of Time about a prince besieged by treachery in need of a little help to regain his throne. That idea became the basic premise for the story I was writing. My immediate thought was, what if I sent a message from beyond? As the plot began to unfold in my head I had images of the prophetess at Delphi, breathing in toxic fumes that made her high and possibly able to predict the future. I was writing a short story for LT3's If You're Reading This anthology call.
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