I'm currently sifting through publishers and agents and deciding which companies to submit to and it's hard! Some have folded, but still have their site up and I have been reading reviews on others and the poor contracts offered as well as looking how active their social media is.

I also had my first rejection, but it wasn't so much of a surprise, but was good to get used to sending out submissions. I have to say I wasn't too impressed either as the editor addressed me by my pen name in her reply! Still, C.S. Lewis had over 80 rejections and so many others. I emailed three today and that may take a few months to get any answer, so fingers crossed...

Great work for taking that big step and for being so positive about it!! I believe tonnes of great authors and artists have been rejected over the years. The Beatles, J.K Rowling, etc etc ha ha.

Just keep trying, eventually someone will love it!

Part of success in life is rejection. At some point you will get rejected for something that you do and you just have to learn and grow from it. I recently read that for every 10 businesses a person starts, only 1 will be successful, which translates to 9 failures or rejections. The most important thing you can do is to remain positive and learn from each rejection that you receive.

I expected the rejections and have been rejected for jobs before, so I am okay. I have been reading other reviews and even when a publishers accepts a manuscript some authors reject them if they have a tight contract or what that doesn't seem fair.

I am still going through an agents list, but it's hard work reading all their submission guidelines and also it can be misleading. Some houses are small press and only print 10-15 titles a year and in their blurb, you would think they were publishing a handful each month.

Thanks for the support Bunny.