Back around the age of 19, I had started sending my short stories out for publication.

回想大概19岁左右，我开始把我的短篇小说寄到出版物。

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I cannot explain exactly why I had the confidence to be sending off my short stories at the age of 19 to, say, the New Yorker, or why it did not destroy me when I was inevitably rejected.

我不能确切解释为什么在我19岁时有信心将我的短篇小说寄出去。

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Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.

然而，尽管竞争激烈，我8岁的女儿丽贝卡还是想把闲暇时间花在写短篇小说上。

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The series includes short stories, mysteries, essays, travel writing, science and nature writing and, my own favorite, sports writing.

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