Her essay's combination of imagery and sincerity won over the author, and bagged the contract for Crown. "That was the only time bidding for a copyright ever included an essay test!" she recalls with a smile.
後來這篇情景交融的「輸誠」文章果然被作家本人欽點中選，她笑稱這是一次「買版權還要考作文」的難得經驗。