Getting published is no easy feat so when I was a book reviewer, even if the book did not resonate with me, I read it, I reviewed it and I tailored my review to have a positive focus. I have published my thesis, several business articles and an article in Adoption Today after I adopted my second daughter. But for the last six years I have focused on getting some of my creative nonfiction pieces published.

I started writing again during my divorce. Writing late at night helped me process the swirl of feelings I was experiencing during this turbulent time in my life. Last year I joined a writing group to continue to finetune my writing. It was an amazing experience writing, reading, getting immediate feedback and hearing the writing of others. This encounter was immensely helpful not only in my writing, but also in the thought of getting some of my pieces published. I had never really considered publishing articles of my most deepest, personal thoughts but once I read them to the group, it became easier to expose myself.

Any writer will tell you that getting a piece published is extremely difficult. I have received so many rejection emails, I have lost count. So imagine my disbelief when I received an email with the subject line, “Submission Accepted”. I actually read the email several times because I did not really believe it. I am happy to report is was true.

My piece was accepted <a href="http://&lt;!– wp:embed {"url":"https://www.sfwp.com/sfwp-quarterly/issue-32-/spring-2025&quot;,"type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"embed"} –> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.sfwp.com/sfwp-quarterly/issue-32-/spring-2025 </div></figure> here.

My piece is here.

Let me know what you think.