During the Writers of the Future event last month I had the chance to talk many writers, including my fellow winners as well as more established authors. One thing that came up a couple times was that most (all?) of the other writers I spoke with don’t submit to markets that have very slow response times listed online (such as at duotrope.com and other places). The exact definition of very long varied but most seemed horrified when I talked about waiting for over a year to get a response on a story. My longest wait has been just under two years and that was a rejection. This has certainly got…