“Why Can’t I Make a Magazine Too?”

Mouth open, eyes wide as a wild animal, hands gripping my papery brainchild made tangible, head shaking a bit in disbelief, they ask: “Just how long did this thing take you?”

“Ohhh, you know,” I reply, shrugging off their inquiries. “Too long!” I announce in a half-joking, half-alarmed tone, as to undermine my past ten months of devotion…