It’s been awhile since I’ve really sat down and done some good writing. For various reasons life got busy, and to be honest after going hard at it for more than a decade, writing constantly, submitting stories every two weeks, I needed a bit of a break. However, it doesn’t mean nothing has been happening. Prior to taking a bit of a writing hiatus, I got two stories accepted for publication in 2022. Today, I’m proud to announce that the first of them, Hello Dad, got published recently by the literary review Witness.
Hello Dad is based off of a story a friend once told me about their own childhood. I think it highlights nicely the complex nature of the relationships we as adults often have, told from the perspective of a child. I’m very glad to present it to you all today.
Hello Dad was first written in July of 2019 and was first submitted for publication in May of 2020. It was rejected by a total of 20 literary reviews and magazines before being accepted for publication by Witness in November of 2021, it finally getting published in April of 2022. As always, it’s a hell of a journey from point A to point B. If you’d like to read it, check out the below link, and also give Witness a gander, they have lots of great stories.
https://www.shawnwcampbell.com/short-stories/2022/4/22/hello-dad