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A few years ago I was cleaning out my closet and decided to dedicate a shelf to my writing. I dusted off my Fourth Wall poster board and stood it upright. I unpacked boxes of author’s copies of the books I’d published and lined them up with the poster. Next to those I added all of the anthologies I’ve been featured in over the years. 

It never occurred to me why I’d chosen a shelf in the closet.

When a local author shared a photo recently of an entire bookshel...