My dream my entire life has been to publish. So far I haven't felt any of my full-length novels are publish-worthy, though.

I have taken writing classes that teach you how to get in touch with agents and pitch your books, and I buy writing magazines like "Writer's Digest" to keep current on techniques for publishing. There's also a book you can buy called the "Writer's Market" that gives you tips for publishing and lists all the major book and magazine publishers and tells you how to directly contact them. It's like a phone book for writers seeking publishers. It's not as expensive as it used to be, either; I think it used to be somewhere in the $50 dollar range but I got the 2018 book for $30.

I know you can self-publish but I really do not want to go that route. I want an agent and an editor and a publisher and validation! That's my life goal, anyway.