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I periodically go on about this, but

mzkit does it for me, this time.

This is, as we’ve said dozens of times, not an easy business. It’s a fairly terrible way to make a living–nerve wracking, uncertain, frequently desperation-filled. If the repeated rejections take you out of the game, then you’re probably not suited for this job. There is *nothing wrong with that*. It’s like not being suited to be a surgeon or a golf pro or a concert pianist. Not everybody is cut out for it. Not everybody wants to go to fifteen years of medical school or practice their swing shot every day or spend hours a week playing scales.

The original topic was vanity press and self-publishing. Catie nailed that on the head in her original post as well, although I have a few thoughts on that from the Big NYC Publishing House POV that I should put down at some point. But someone will have to remind me...

And that reminds me to post a reminder that I've thrown an Open Thread out for y'all to play in...

And now the cats are fed and it's time for the writer to drink coffee and read over yesterday's work...