And it was slowly accreting this knowledge over 12 years (I'm a Production Fairy, so I don't see P&Ls as much as I am asked for the numbers that go into them) that kept me from being eager about submitting my writing anywhere.

Just like politics and sausage. Maybe it's best not to know how it's made.

Fortunately, I have moved beyond the a desire to disenchant those wannabe writers who think it is a matter of writing a book, letting a publisher have the priviledge of publishing it, and then living fat off their royalties. 'Cause you know, they don't really want to know.