Had a reply on one of my two submissions: unfortunately, not what they're looking for, at the moment.
Since it was one of my Benny and Phil stories (from Phil's POV), it's not much of a surprise. It's also not much of a surprise because I thiiiiiink that the publisher was looking for M/F or F/F (or M/F/M, M/F/F, etc.) stories. It would be nice if they said as much, but I'm one of those annoying people who look at the rules and decide that if it does not say I cannot, then I might as well give it a shot.
I should know about the second one before the end of the year — the editor is really busy.
I'm almost done with my steampunky story, which I may be submitting sooner rather than later. It's just under 17K words at the moment, and may end up around 20K. Not too bad, actually. (And don't tell anyone, but it has an actual plot. And things happen and there are NO discussions while standing around in kitchens!)
Also, my time in Seattle is drawing to a close, which is disappointing. Boo. I have no idea what (if anything) I'm going to do for NaNoWriMo, either.