The great takeaway from this is that you seemed sure that if you immersed yourself in the world you wanted to write about by jumping into that world through your characters, that there would be readers for your book. Plus maybe a publisher that would believe in your writing to the point of setting forth a partnership publishing deal. I don't know if they have publishers like that in the U.S. but from your experience, it might be that finding such a publisher might be a good option worth taking. Thanks for letting everyone know of a Plan B that may not be the usual but still could be a very practical solution for how to publish one's first book.
The great takeaway from this is that you seemed sure that if you immersed yourself in the world you wanted to write about by jumping into that world through your characters, that there would be readers for your book. Plus maybe a publisher that would believe in your writing to the point of setting forth a partnership publishing deal. I don't know if they have publishers like that in the U.S. but from your experience, it might be that finding such a publisher might be a good option worth taking. Thanks for letting everyone know of a Plan B that may not be the usual but still could be a very practical solution for how to publish one's first book.