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Originally posted by LeeH
... I put a lot of effort into writing a children's story and submitted it to numerous publishers and was rejected by all of them. As a result I have no motivation to work on my other ideas.
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Look into the rejections some extremely popular authors had received before they were finally published.
Keep submitting and re-submitting it (a different person might review it at a publisher when it's submitted at a different time).
It's a tough business to get into; just go into any bookstore and see how competitive it is!
If you've written something that people like, keep pushing.
Have you "tested" what you've written on family and friend's children? Do the kids like the story? If they do, it probably means you have some talent (writing does require more than effort; talent needs to be in the mix for success).