It's also clear from the comments that the person submitting this is the actual author. Ridiculous.
FWIW, I originally titled this "The Crack Of A Twig" and we were rolling w/that title, but at the last minute, the editors at OC Mag asked if they could change it.
I'm not a pro writer by any means, and going through the process of editing a feature article w/a print mag was pretty interesting.