For decades I thought about the symbolism in my brief courthouse "wedding." The tale of those few minutes seemed to me to be as rich as many literary works I'd read.
Then one day I wrote that story. The first draft took about an hour. I made only minor revisions after that.
A year or two later, I got serious about trying to write and get things published. I submitted the story to two online magazines. The first rejected it in about a half hour (I appreciated their not keeping me in suspense), but the second, The Legendary, accepted it about three months later.
It's appropriate, I think, that my first internet story is titled "Genesis."
Photo credit: My Friend Jen
