The Work is Never Done

I am almost done with the ninth draft of Mindy Lightbearer. Yes, the ninth draft. I recently discovered a whole other world of young adult book publishers out there that I didn't even know about, companies like Echelon and Diversion. I knew about all the major fiction publishers, and most of them have been contacted. Some sent rejections, others I never heard back from. What I am looking for is a small press publisher of young adult fantasy. Once the ninth draft is complete, I will blanket the earth with a million centuries of propaganda. And by "earth" I mean "list of small press publishers of young adult fiction." And by "a million centuries of propaganda," I mean, "dozens of queries." And if the small press won't love it, then I will turn to the print-on-demand market, places like xlibris, lulu, and iUniverse, and I will make one of them love me and my money. Then I will have the unutterable joy of marketing and publicizing my own novel and trying to get local bookstores to carry copies. Come on, small press, don't make me resort to that. The ninth draft is good enough for you. For crying out loud, I made the changes you wanted, didn't I? Mindy no longer murders anybody, just like you asked, small press.