For my nephew, Absalom H., Jr.  1First, I find, learn the effing clinical skill of saying no—to others, to yourself; this is also the skill of self-editing,which is nothing more than observing boundaries, or not. Case Study #17: Listen, Kingpin—I had a story accepted for publication inan on-line “lit mag”; there, I encountered for the first timethe capriciousness of MFAs, as…