Writers live for the mail

Kelly finds it amusing that the first thing I do upon arriving home from work is rush off to the mailbox to check for any mail.  I've tried to explain to her that writers live for the mail, but I'm not quite sure she gets it.

Granted, there aren't a whole lot of science fiction and fantasy markets these days that don't take electronic submissions.  But so what?  We live for mail regardless of its delivery mechanism.  At this very moment, I have 3 stories out for submission.  One of those...