I considered this a huge honor; usually one would have to query, pitch and plead to get a foot in the door of such a widely read venue. After a couple of false starts--a "writing thing" that just seems to happen sometimes--I wrote my first submission about a subtle transformation that occurred shortly after I stopped eating animal products, which I called "Saving Gertie."
The editors added "The True Value of One Animal" to the title (don't ask me why), but they seemed to like the original piece just as I wrote it (which I found encouraging).
Please come back and comment here, if you have any remarks--I'd love to hear them!
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