I guess I can brag

I don’t have any novels published yet (my big dream). But here’s a list of my writing accomplishments to date (over a time period of about 9 months):

• Honorable Mention in 48th New Millennium Writing Awards, Runner up in Cook Publishing 2019 Short Story Contest 
• Published in A3 Journal, by Riza Press (online) and Submittable Stories (online). 
• Second place in 12 Stories 2019 Contest.       

I’m a little bummed that I don’t land first place in contests, but even in the completely unsuccessful contests, I’ve gotten emails that have said I’m oh so close. 

I think I’ll be optimistic about this.