I liked the following quote so much, I stole it from my son-in-law's post on FB:
Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena' speech"...It is not the critic who counts;
…. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, …; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again…; who at the best knows in
the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at
least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. "
Confession: I mailed out 71 querry letters to agents and got 71 rejections. Nobody wanted my story. So I said to myself, "Self, you will publish this book!" and I did it...people tell me it's entertaining..."Desire and Red Wine, A Life's Journey" by Victoria Norvaisa
Oh, I also paint, see my gallery at www.Victoria Norvaisa.com

You can do it! Hey I just got published and so can you! Best of luck from me!

Thanks! I did it...and very glad I did it. "Desire and Red Wine, A Life's Journey" is on Amazon, BarnesandNoble, Books123 and as a Kindle or Nook eBooks.
It's been an interesting, funny and sometimes stressful journey !

Hee hee, and my new children's picture book is called "Journey to Jazzland" coincidence? I think not Way to go!