I had located the page with my by-line before I even reached the checkout, and I really had to exercise enormous self-control not to thrust the newspaper under the check-out assistant's nose and say, "Look! That's me! That's my name! In the paper!" I managed to restrain myself, and just did that to my fiancé instead, but the fact remains: for a freelance writer, there's no rush greater than publication.

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