Publication.
It happened by increments and while I
knew my publication credits were growing, I didn’t know exactly how many short
stories I have had published. My first
short story was ‘Miriam’s Village’ published by Green’s magazine in 2002. Green’s magazine is no more but many a novice
writer found acceptance there, plus advice and encouragement from David
Green. I wish I knew the rest of his
story, but I don’t.
It is 2016, some 14 years later. Some of those years I didn’t write short
stories, some I did. Now I am writing
short stories exclusively. Recently,
while cleaning out files, I decided to tally my published short stories. Twenty seven!! I would not have guessed it to be that high a
number but I counted them twice and I really have published that many. Then before the week was out, I received
acceptance for #28. Funny thing about
this is, now I believe that I am a short story writer. I hope I don’t appear puffed up over myself,
but I have had my confidence steadied. I
even believe I know what I am doing. I’d
like to thank many people who supported me through this but today I am thinking about David
Green, one of the first editors that saw potential and gave his acknowledgement of my dream.
I write short stories.
