I think you have to have a publishing house that offers you some support.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I should have my own publishing companies.
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.
Publishing is a business of relationships. The relationships you make at one house can carry over to another.
Don't sell your publishing.
I have my own publishing company called 'I Am McLovin Publishing.'
Publishing can be tough. It has the ability to kill dreams.
I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings and stuff.
Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here in person to tell you it ain't so. If your stuff is really any good, sooner or later some editor will take a chance on you.
Self-publishing worked for me. Being able to put your work in print, even if it's a tiny print-on-demand print run of a dozen or so copies, shows publishers and editors a completed piece of work and that you can follow through on a project.