Fran Janczak pulled up to Orange Hat Publishing in Waukesha, manuscript in hand and nerves in her stomach.
Janczak had the desire to write a children’s book for years and finally buckled down and did it in 2016. Now, she was nervous to unbuckle her seatbelt and go inside to present her work to a professional.
Thoughts of whether her friends and family had been honest or simply kind ran through her mind.
“I was afraid of rejection,” she said. “I was nervous, but I drove out and thought it’s now or never.”
She said the Orange Hat Publishing website allowed a writer to submit a story online or suggested they stop in to say hello. However, once Janczak made it inside the owner who happened to be up front asked for more than a greeting.