I wouldn't count yourself out. They say they take 4-6 months to get back to queries, which means they have a truckload of material to work through. I actually received a positive hand-written response from my submission after ~4 months (and my mistake was sending it in too early, which is what they said).
I assume you have your Writer's Market at hand to reassure you that there are plenty of other fantasy presses out there (which aren't vanities). And I trust you are sending out your queries on World Tree-brand parchment to lets the editors know they would be buying into an established franchiseTM with an existing support base. You can also try submitting your book to fantasy novel contests to see if you can rack up some more awards for it. The number one best thing you can do is actually speak to any of the editors for the publishers you want to hit (or share a panel with them at a convention).
Let's see... um... prayer helps?
And I'm very happy to hear that you've finally got yours in a good condition to submit ^^ It must be a relief off your mind to know that the fun is really about to begin. (Heh heh heh)
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Date: 2005-07-13 01:04 am (UTC)I assume you have your Writer's Market at hand to reassure you that there are plenty of other fantasy presses out there (which aren't vanities). And I trust you are sending out your queries on World Tree-brand parchment to lets the editors know they would be buying into an established franchiseTM with an existing support base.
You can also try submitting your book to fantasy novel contests to see if you can rack up some more awards for it. The number one best thing you can do is actually speak to any of the editors for the publishers you want to hit (or share a panel with them at a convention).
Let's see... um... prayer helps?
And I'm very happy to hear that you've finally got yours in a good condition to submit ^^ It must be a relief off your mind to know that the fun is really about to begin. (Heh heh heh)