Sorry, enjoying the sun in St Lucia and just saw this. Sorry about not responding, not the St Lucia part. :)
Yes, she made it sound as if the authors were excited about being associated with the publication.
'Fall' technically runs from September through December but I got the sense that the article was submitted in November. The 6-9 month 'typical' time-frame for publication was not expanded upon, so I am not positive if that meant from June of November but as I said, I got the sense that next month was the expected publication. People who know more about he normal publication process might know more.