We understand

Write.
Revise.
Critique.
Write.
Revise.
Get a second opinion.
Edit.
Proofread.
It's done, yeah!

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Find markets.
Research markets.
Agonize over your cover letter.
Catch typos just after you hit the submit button.

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Your submission is but one in a crowd so you wait.
And wait some more.
What's wrong with this publisher? Why can't they move faster.
Agonize over whether to query the publisher about your story's status.
Wait.
And hope.

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Finally an answer:
No- go back to the start. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.00.

Yes!-- return to the waiting room.

Hurry up.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
At last the book is here! Yippee.

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Excitedly tell all your friends.
They'll probably ask something like "So, have you sold that book yet?"
Feel deflated.

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Read a random blog post on the Green Gecko Publishing blog.

Read these some quotes like this:

"I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or novella for them. Things change. A rejection slip today might mean a frantic call to your agent in six months." - Mary Janice Davidson

And this:

"You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist." - Isaac Asimov

And one more for good measure:

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge

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Send your story out again.

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Write a new story.
Revise.
Critique.
Write.
Revise.
Get a second opinion.
Edit.
Proofread.
It's done, yeah!

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