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Journey to Publishing a Picture Book | Part 4

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I wanted to develop a book that I could send to publishers. If you have read the blogs leading up till now, you would know that the reason I could not pursue publication of my previous works was because of copyright restrictions. I could have gone to a publisher with my idea to turn these texts into books and they may have helped me track down copyright approvals, but I wanted to have the best chance of a publisher saying yes to my work. And having the friction point of legal work may have had a publisher decline my application.

I also had a bundle of ideas for books at this point, with new ones piling on each day. I knew if I ever wanted any of these ideas to turn into something I either had to write them myself or hire someone to write them for me. As a girl of the DIY generation and a can do attitude, I opted for the first option.