Submission Number One!

Today is another momentous day! (drum roll please)...

I sent my manuscript to a publisher!!!

My very first one. A cover letter, the first 30 pages of my novel, and a synopsis of the entire story. I'm surprisingly calm about the whole thing. Honestly, I'm not trying to be pessimistic but I don't think this publishing house will accept it just because they usually don't accept submissions without an agent representative. The only reason I submitted to them was because I met the editor at the UVU Children's Literature Conference I attended last March and she gave everyone a sticker for one free submission. I guess it's out of my hands now...literally. And I wouldn't mind a rejection letter: it will be good preparation for the future, as I know there will be many more ahead. But I'm so excted about finally sending it off! My goal was last July, and then I tried taking it to 3 different post offices last Saturday only to discover that they were all closed! Now my baby is off to New York. =) I'm glad I don't have to worry about it anymore, although I still have a ton of editing left to do on the rest of the story. But hooray! I've take the 2nd step to becoming a published author (the 1st step actually write a novel).

I think this calls for ice cream...