[Leisha]

I would certainly never assume I will get published, not any more. At one time I (naively) thought that if you wrote a good book, you would have no trouble finding an agent. But then someone I know did just that -- and found that her dream was the same as all the other thousands of aspiring writers who were sending their manuscripts off.

Now, as Teresa said, I believe luck has a big part to play these days.



Oh, and thank you for suggesting I read YA novels, Teresa. That's what I've done in the past, although I keep trying various other books too, every so often. I was impressed with Pullman's His Dark Materials, even though I still had the same troubles I always do when reading.