25 Servings of SOOP: Literary Journeys into Life, Meaning, and Love

Mark Twain, one of America's greatest literary treasures, once said, "I apologize for such a long letter - I didn't have time to write a short one."

It takes great skill to tell a story in a way that captures all of the important details while cutting out the fluff. When we discuss our anthology series with authors, many are taken aback by our maximum allowed word count--2,000 precious words. And yet, we've found this call to ration words, to describe only the most important details, and to ...