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So I say to myself, this is not a way to get published, waiting for months and months to hear from someone who admitted that setting fire to his submission stack looked attractive.
Aside from my own fears that I'm not going to be good enough ever for anyone, print or e-publisher alike, to consider putting my stuff out there, I'm still left with an odd feeling in my stomach when I think of only pursuing traditional print pubs.
I can tell you that waiting looks extremely unattractive in the face of my impending surgery. I sort of feel that if I died on the operating table, the next day that editor would pick up my submission and call me. I don't want to wait so long I'm dying!
So I'm considering just … mutiny. What form of mutiny do you ask? I'm not sure, but I'm eyeing my pirate gear and nodding my head a little. I have a heretic heart, I've never cared for rules that are convenient for some but inconvenience the majority involved, and I'm not sure I want to take things the way they are.
So I'm planning on how to do what I need to do to get my stuff out to people. I think a little mutiny now and then is healthy. And right about now, I'm all for things in my life being healthy.
So, I'm also eyeing something called multiple submissions, a big Bozo-no-no I'm told by many people. Frankly, though, I was told by someone in the industry who was so totally sweet and shall remain nameless, that the likelyhood of two editors or two agents wanting my work at the same time is slim to none, so why not ignore the single-submission rule? Why not indeed.
And then there's ebooks. It's funny. I think of brick-and-mortar houses and I get a knot in my gut. I think of ePublishers and there's a light on, as well as a weight off, internally. So, maybe now I can go forward? Maybe my mutiny isn't that mutinous after all? I will finish come hell or high water and I'll not care who publishes my stuff, just so long as someone loves it as much as I do.
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While I am flirting with the idea of subbing to a print pub, I now have a better idea of the types of pressure deadlines and promo can make, which is probably a good thing for if I ever do get print pubbed.