The view looking up from my computer desk.

This was supposed to be my path to success; step by step through the rejections to a published book. But I'm realizing that if I never actually get published, then this is just a wall of failure, staring me in the face every time I sit down to write. Seven letters, but I've queried at least twice as many agents; many of them don't even bother to say no.

I realize this is the real world, and no one will give me any encouragement outside the empty form-rejection letter "This project looks interesting, however..."

But that's what I'm surviving on these days. I'll take what I can get.

I considered just publishing on the internet in blog form. Chapter1 = blog post 1, etc...

But judging by the big fat "No Followers" on this blog, I suspect that publishing via blog would result in the same number of readers as if I just chucked unstapled manuscripts out the window of my Mini on the 405.

So what are my options?

A) Quit. Maybe it's telling that I started with this one, but it's the obvious one, and the time and frustration saved isn't insignificant.
B) Quit, for now. My motivation and positive attitude comes in bursts, so this has some merit.
C) Self publish. I don't have the money.
D) Kindle publishing. Free, easy, instant... free.
E) Query enough agents to fill out the rest of row 2 on my wall of failure with rejection letters, then come back to this list.

So I'm going to have a vote. Anyone who follows this blog can vote.

I vote E.

And the results are in, we have one vote for E, and zero for everything else.

E it is. Thank you all for participating.