Too many people see publication as a "right". It's anything but. Submitting your manuscript to an editor for consideration for publication is comparable to applying for a job. If you have the right qualities, qualifications and experience, to wit:
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Originally Posted by John Jarrold  What they are is exceptionally talented writers whose prose, stories, characters and settings all enthused a publisher sufficiently for them to be taken on for publication. And all of them have worked on their writing for years. |
then you might -
might - be considered for the job. But even if you have all that in spades, there's no guarantee. Publishing is a commercial business, and there has to be a justification for the amount of money that will be lavished upon you and your book to get it on the shelves of the stores. Plenty of people with spotless CVs get turned down for jobs for a variety of reasons, just the same way that many good books get turned down for publication. All you can do is be the best that you can be, and do everything that you can to give yourself the edge over those other job applicants, or aspiring authors.