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Mike
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Mari
I've known a few writers who, after securing an agent, but not getting a big press deal, immediately self-published, rather than considering small presses. One of them has a garage full of books because she was convinced that as soon as she put it into print, some big press was going to find it --somehow --and offer her a fortune for it. Didn't happen. But then she didn't do any promoting, either. But she wouldn't have if she'd gotten a deal.
Some people are simply unrealistic since, though they pursue publication, at some level they don't actually want it. They simply want to live in their fantasy world of how great it's going to be, how famous they'll become, etc. Those writers who do achieve huge success are still working hard, and that's not part of that golden fantasy.
I know one writer who's never even secured an agent, but she always tells people about the fabulous trip she's going to take once she gets an advance for her book. But, not only are advances usually fairly small, even from big houses, they're paid in stages, and mostly importantly, anyone with any smarts saves that money to plow right back into promoting.
I submit that some writers like sitting on china eggs -- you know, the ones that'll never hatch.