I did and it keeps hitting road blocks. Mainly because the BIG publishing houses won't touch anything other than the stories people have read a million times before. They prefer to stay away from new manuscripts because the window to sell them is so short. In a nutshell, they want to stick with what they know will sell.
I've concluded that this is not the publishing houses fault, but the fault of predictable parents who buy predictable books to read to their young ones.
What a shame.
Anyway, I do have some good news regarding my picture book in its race to beat my erotic novel! AND THE NEWS IS FROM SCHOLASTIC!!
No, they're still not publishing me. BUT!! The editor who passed on my manuscript (for reason stated above) said my writing is "beautiful," and she invited me to send all my future manuscripts to her for consideration!! YAY!!!
Sure, it's not publication. But it's so motivating!! And at least I know I am chasing after the right dream.
Now... if only I could get an agent...
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