Thanks for your good wishes, Henning! It's true what they say about trying to get published, especially in the U.K.! I've been 'persevering' for about nine months now, with some success (more later), but it's the average 3 month wait to receive a rejection slip that's really frustrating, knowing that the agent hasn't even looked at the manuscript (which they still want in hard copy, double spaced, single sided)! The 'success' mentioned was from a relatively small, independant publisher, who thought the work was truly excellent, and should be successful. However, they weren't the right company to 'push' the work, so I've managed to get on a new scheme with a mainstream publisher, under their 'New Writing' package, all done by e-mail. At last, someone who has just about reached the 20th Century, if 8 years late! I hope to hear from them by the end of December; if not, it's another rejection!
Just have to wait and see and, meanwhile, carry on writing the sequel!
Obviously, I'll let you, and everyone else, know if I succeed this time!
Regards,
Terry.