When is enough enough?

I know that I am not a patient person. I must have been chatting when God was passing out patience because I sure didn’t get any! So I know this about myself and try to work on it but there is a point where I just can’t fake it any longer and I hate to say it, I might have reached that point.

I know that since I am just learning and starting out in this field that I don’t really carry any weight and I have to start at the bottom…but…I don’t like it!

My publishing company has tried my patience more than eleven years of teaching first and second graders combined! Here’s a quick recap, on February 27^th my husband and I drove to Victoria, BC to hand deliver my book…completely finished ready to go. All they needed to do was put my files into their template and we’d be ready to print! Publication date was tentatively schedule for the first of May. It was a long time for me to wait but I had no choice so I was okay with it. However that did not happen. One miscommunication after another happened in every step of the process. (My blood is starting to boil just writing about it!) Anyway to make a long, frustrating story short. The third revision was simply replacing one page with the file that we fixed…seriously it is a cut and paste issue, well they needed two weeks to complete this task. Unbelievable! So I waited as patiently as I am capable of and Friday morning at 8am I emailed my account manager asking for the good news…the two weeks were over and we were going to be moving closer to this never ending project. Well finally at 1:47 she emailed back saying, “Hang in there! Enjoy the sunshine today too... ! :) Cheers,” Are you kidding me!?! I responded back within seconds “So it's been two weeks. Are you really telling me that they haven't fixed this one simple cut and paste issue? Shelley.” I hope it’s obvious that I’m pissed. And guess what…she still has not responded! Unbelievable!

So to answer my own question…when is enough enough? TODAY! I’m done. I have found a new publisher and Monday morning at 7am I am calling them to see about getting my book published with them.