Trying to get a good illustrator is hard.

Trying to get a good illustrator is hard. Not as hard as a sympathetic publisher though. I think the phrase 'sympathetic publisher' is an oxymoron these days. Mind you, it must be difficult trying to make a living when Amazon publishes over 4 million books online. It's very much like the music industry - creative art has become a cheap commodity now. And, of course, it's those two pastimes I decided to settle on doing during my retirement. Oh well...