Great post, @fairytalelife . I'm sorry that you had to experience this but cheers to you for both sharing your experience and considering publishing the book yourself. I think you'll find self-publishing is a better option these days. It takes a lot of work to promote but you also have to do that with traditionally published books these days. Your original illustrations are wonderful!
Thanks, Eric. I think you are right. It would have been unheard of to try that at the time.