System: anneliese joins the chat.
anneliese sez to all: Hi CM!
camidon sez to all: hello there!
anneliese sez to all: I wonder if anyone else will show. I did send the invite kind of late.
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.