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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