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I didn't have to struggle at all to get an agent and a publisher. Everything fell into my lap.

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors.

I never actually sought out an agent or a publishing house. A friend of mine named David Simmer got wind of what I was doing, and he sent one of my books to a literary lawyer in Los Angeles. He loved it, and he sent it to other people, including an agent, and he picked me up, and that's how 'Bird Box' got to where it is now.

Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.

I had a wonderful and very successful career in New York and had the privilege of working with some of the best editors and publishers in the business.

My family and friends have been monumentally supportive from well before I was a published author.

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown.

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.