Success is earned. Not given. #writing #advice

Yesterday, a colleague asked me for advice on publishing. She has a couple of manuscripts sitting around, collecting dust, and doesn't know where to begin trying to send them off into the world.

After talking to her for a little while about writing, she asked how to go about finding a publisher. When I explained the query process to her, her eyes lit up with excitement.
"Oh! That sounds so easy," she said.
"Then I must not have explained it right," I replied.
She thought I was trying to be funny...