I can't believe it!

I got a very unasuming white envelope in th post this morning.
People's Friend have accepted one of my stories!!!!!!!!
Yeah!!!!!
I can't quite believe it, in fact I won't believe it until I see it, I really can't wait for that first sight of my story in the magazine!
I now feel as if saying I'm a writer is suddenly justified, as before I always mumbled an apologetic, 'I've not had anything published yet...' after saying I did a lot of writing.
It has been a long time coming, I think about 8 years, but back then I sent a story off about once every six to twelve months, so the editors weren't exactly inundated with my work!

another three rejections

Hi
Hi
I'm new to this blogging idea, but thought I'd have a go.
I read somewhere, Womag's blog in fact (A very helpful friendly place, by the way) that it is best to have a number of stories 'out there' with publishers at any one time. So I wrote more, lots more.
Yesterday sadly three rejections at once from The Weekly News, but it's okay, I take them less personally these days!
One magazine's requirements can be quite different from another, just as one persons idea of a great story might not be the same as mine. It's a matter of opinion, so why worry?