My first lesson in honoring a word count came when I received my first acceptance. The editor of the small and now out-of-print magazine liked my draft. I was over the moon. I had pitched her my idea and she asked for a draft. I wrote and wrote and wrote and turned it in. Then she emailed me on a Friday saying she could publish it if I could shave off 1…
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