Did I ever tell you about the time I was on the cover of Reader's Digest? I was 22, and I had written a first-person story during my internship at Washingtonian magazine. A very kind editor suggested that I write a short piece about a vacation I told her about, and—in my youthful naivete—I handed in a 2,500-word feature. Fortunately, they liked it, and Reader's Digest picked it up. It ran worldwide and even appeared on the cover of the Asian edition. That story helped kicked off my magazine career; it helped land me my first full-time job at Reader's Digest as a fact-checker and gave me the confidence to move to New York City. I'm in the process of scanning in the piece itself. Will post it soon!
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