The End
Well, this story was supposed to serve as a capper for this publication. But Medium decided they liked the story, so they plucked it from obscurity (i.e. removed it from this publication) and featured it and made it look very nice. They even recorded a woman with a lovely voice reading it! That was great, but it also meant the Centerville publication was without a bookend.
So, yes. I did actually finish this project, in December 2017. I’ve considered posting all 50 entries now that I’m done, but I have a couple other projects I’m using the material for — namely my Young Woman’s Guide to Crisscrossing America Alone (And Not Ending Up a Dateline Episode — and I don’t want to cannibalize or risk overexposure. Well, not for no money, at least.
I did put together all 50 essays with a foreword and epilogue into an eBook, and if you feel like that’s something you’d like to read, go ahead and PayPal me whatever amount of money you feel like it deserves, include your e-mail address, and I’ll send it to you.
For those of you who read and commented — even those who disagreed with me — thank you.
