Lit Magazine Acceptance Incoming: I Got Published!

Before we move on to the rest of this blog, I just want to say: I got an acceptance from a lit magazine!

Okay, now back up.

For those of you who’ve been wondering, I’ve been missing for a couple of months. And it’s because work has been quite gruesome. Not because of anything I’ve done, but it has been interesting. Especially given the whole crypto situation. Fun fact: Not a good time to be in blockchain anything right now.

For now, you have my sincerest apologies. Anyway, let’s move on to the topic at hand.

I spent the last year submitting my short stories, nonfiction retellings and poems to various literary magazines. This consisted of wide range of prestigious and up-and-coming, traditional and indie journals. After many rejections (read: a fifty four), I finally got an acceptance!

And then literally two hours later, and Welter Online sent me an acceptance for a creative nonfiction I wrote. Seriously. Welter Online. I am overwhelmed.

That’s not all- I got three acceptances that week. I know: all good things come in threes.

I am screaming.

Now, I know. Most magazines on this list are indie lit magazines. They’re not the Paris Review, and yes, I know. It’s a very long way to the Paris Review, buuut they’re my first publications. 

It is one of my goals in life to be published in the Paris Review, and I’ve gotten comments from people not to think that I’m all that because some magazine somewhere liked my short story. But honestly, whatever. This isn’t an ego boost.

Don’t Let Anyone Put You Down If You Want to Write

The point is, I’m just happy, and I know it might come off as pretentious or self-humbling or however else you would like to describe it, but I don’t care about it at this instance. I’m extremely humbled, over the moon, and so, so excited. Because an editor of a magazine looked at my writing and said, “Huh, this could work for us,” and that means the world to me.

It’s easy to forget how amazing it feels when you see your name under a piece of literature- no matter what form it is. I’m lucky to have a great team at work that acknowledges all that goes into writing and appreciates me. But a vast majority of copywriters don’t even get as much as a “thank you” for their work. 

Before this, my work had never been published under my own name. Seriously, I can only count this blog and these four pieces of literature as my own work. This is as the most “me” my writing’s ever been.

Of course, this little update is completely against every SEO best practice I’ve ever mentioned and will mention in this blog, but I wanted to share this with you.

You can now check out all my short stories and creative nonfiction by clicking on my Publications.

Hope you enjoy my work!

Best,

Sura