5. SIT BACK AND WAIT
So you've submitted your polished manuscript with a brief cover letter and self-addressed stamped envelope to a publisher who prints just the type of book you've written. And now the toughest part: you wait, often for several months. Spend your time working on other manuscripts and reading SYWs. You can submit your manuscript to a different editor if you haven't heard from the first one after 2 or 3 months, but as a courtesy, send a brief note to let that editor know that you've submitted your manuscript elsewhere due to his/her aggravating tardiness.Above all, don't get discouraged. If this is really something you enjoy doing, keep working on it. Publishers can only accept a few new authors a year, so if your manuscript gets rejected, it says a lot more about the financial constraints of the publishing company than about your skills as an author. And if your manuscript does get accepted, be sure to dedicate the book to us.
