My Journey. I started writing Long Lost in January 2012 and finished writing it in December 2012, and then the many long edits began. Naively after the first edit I sent my submission to ten agents. Unsurprisingly I received ten rejections. On editing for the second time I was horrified I had let my book go out to the world in such a state! In April 2013, after the second edit, I sent my submissio...ns to another ten agents. I received five rejections and have still to hear from the remaining half (something tells me I never will!). I then did third edit and sent submissions out to ten more agents in July 2013. To this date I have submitted to 44 agents and received 20 rejections and have still to hear from 24. Not great stats but hey, I keep plugging away. I'm about to delve into my forth edit...