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Grateful Heart

It’s been a big year. I have a lot to be thankful for. My thoughts feel a bit scattered—my gratitude covers so many areas of my life that it’s overwhelming. So, to organize my thoughts, here is a list of some of the things I’m thankful for, in no particular order.

On Being Rejected

I wish I could tell you that I never received a rejection letter—that my applications to graduate school and my submissions to short fiction markets were so perfect and on point that I got all acceptances and I’ve sold every story.