Victim or Seeker of Opportunity

For two months, I haven’t been as active as usual because of minor surgery. During that time, I gained 10 pounds. It wasn’t merely the inactivity. It was the comfort I found with Hershey’s Kisses.

Oh, yeah . . .  Just unwrap one, plop it on my tongue, and let it melt . . .  Heaven on Earth.

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Choosing Opportunities

Last week, I turned down the opportunity to have a short story entitled “Man Up” published in an anthology.

One of my goals is to write and publish. So, why did I decline?

My story’s word count is 4300 words–the word limit for the anthology is 3000 words. I would’ve had to cut a quarter of the story’s words, which would’ve compromised it. Further, the publisher wanted me to rewrite the ending to cast it as less Christian oriented.

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