Can I finally say this?!

I tend to disagree when my friends and family call me a writer. I feel the need to prove myself.

Yes, I have a Masters in Creative Writing. But still…

I wanted to be published. Something, anything, before I finally called myself a writer.

Friends the time has come.

One of my short stories was published last week with a great online magazine!

I am so excited to tell you about them and send you the link. I heard about this online Lit magazine at a conference I attended last year. One of the authors I loved hearing from at the conference mentioned getting published with Herstry. So, I began following along and reading their blog. They champion women’s stories. “HerStry wants to get every woman writing, talking, and sharing her story.”  

In the spring I saw they were asking for nonfiction pieces about motherhood. I thought of a very specific story that I had held on to for a long time. I had been looking for a home for this story, but it is precious to me. So I waited quite a while. Then when I did send it out to some places it was rejected. This part of writing is rough, sending your darling stories around and being told no thanks over and over. Ugh.

But patience and perseverance pays off.

When I heard about Herstry, I knew this was the place for my story. But would it get accepted?

And they wanted it. Hooray!

You can read it here. It’s called Stolen or Saved.

Let me know what you think.

Happy summer friends. Please enjoy the below photo from my travels last week. :)

Mornings in Venice

Here is a little pic from last week when I sat watching people, drinking a cappuccino, and writing about nothing and everything.