Swiss Chocolate was rejected 37 times before it got picked up. It took four years. This is relatively small compared to some I've heard about. Steven King's first book was rejected 32 times before it got picked up. Some writers never get published.

By the way, I also work for my agent as an associate reviewer, so I read a lot of manuscripts. The one thing I have discovered about the publishing world is that being good has nothing to do with getting published when it comes to fiction. Editors are very subjective when they evaluate manuscripts. I've had editors contradict themselves with their critiques of my work, and some of the wacky rejections we get for our writers really make me scratch my head sometimes.

>>I've written three. Swiss Chocolate is coming out next year, but the other two are still being read by about five different publishing houses. My agent is so relieved we finally got one through, because the now the rest of them will be easier to sell. My father has read all but Swiss Chocolate because it is largely my autobiography (fictionalized).
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>Well, as long as they are still being read, and no rejection slips have yet been mailed, you still have a chance. Good luck with all of them.
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>>>>My father is already nervous about my book. He knows I have one coming out, but he hasn't read it yet. I told him he could read it once it's released. He keeps talking about as "the book he hasn't read yet" because he's read all my other novels.
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>>>All your other novels?
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>>>>>>Unless it's a runaway bestseller, I doubt I'll be able to quit my day job.
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>>>>>You don't need that. I know Orhan Pamuk's novells are not bestsellers but he can live just with write very well... I'm sure it's eaiser in the USA. Because I know millions of books selling at the USA every year.
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>>>>>Maybe you would be want money from your family for don't publish family secrets with that novel... Hehe...