Rejection
At the beginning of April, I finally started sending submissions to publishing companies for my Dark Water manuscript. I had targeted small Canadian publishing houses that support crime fiction, choosing eight companies. Some of the publishing companies had an online process where I filled out a form, attached a bio, full synopsis, and the manuscript. Almost immediately, I received a confirmation with a note that informed me that it could take four to six months to hear back from them. One publisher wrote to me to let me know that his company only accepts submissions in February, and that if I hadn't found a publisher before next year to resubmit Dark Water . I knew, from the company's Web site, that submissions were accepted in February but I had sent mine, anyway, because you never know. One publishing house—one that I secretly hoped would be interested in my book—didn't have an online process for submissions or even for queries. But I did find an e-mail address and w...
