First short story accepted!!!!!

I've always considered myself a novel writer, but after several nudges of encouragement from the AW fam and classmates, I worked up the courage to send out a few of what I considered my "best" short stories to a few different magazines. The rejections rolled in, as I expected. I got a lot of personal rejections which was very nice since they took the time, but I figured after a few weeks went by it was going to a be a solid "no" on all of them.

And then today I got an email....one of my short stories was accepted by one of the magazines I sent it to!!! I couldn't believe it! I feel like I'm almost an actual writer now, haha!

Made my entire day. I'm quite baffled, but extremely ecstatic.

Sidenote: Am I supposed to respond to the acceptance email and thank them? What do I say? How do I adult? SOS

Update: Here's the link to the story, y'all!

http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/2017/05/Seashells.html

Thank you guys! The story was a short fantasy story, and it was accepted by Aphelion. I'm super geeked and it doesn't quite feel real.

A few days late, but here is a link! It's a smaller magazine but still amazing to see my name and my work up there. Definitely a tiny boost of confidence when I needed it most.

http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/2017/05/Seashells.html

RJDrake said:

Congrats really!! That must be an amazing feeling. You are a published author now!
I'll just go and read your story...

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Thank you!! It's a baby step, but one I needed! If you end up reading it I would love to hear what you think.

MerriTudor said:

I've been in New England for many years (to be near the ocean), but am a Michigan native, so my eye was caught by your location. Had to read it!

It was terrific! Really beautiful, with a fantastic character in the grandfather. Congratulations, you should be very proud of your talent!

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Omg no way! Where in Michigan are you from, if you don't mind me asking?

And it's funny you say that, because I've always told my boyfriend that if we were to move out of state, it would have to be somewhere where I could be near the ocean.

Thank you so much for your kind words! The story started with the grandfather and he's definitely my favorite, so it's special for me to see that people respond to him, too.

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& & thank you to everyone that has said congrats, I appreciate all of you