*I was an avid reader in my early years (as in hard copy - books), and I still am (just now via computer)... and I never got wind of such difficulties in publishing, until now.
Is it like going up against a proverbial dragon dressed in nothing but a helmet? If it is, I'm not that interested. **Personally, I have a thing against constipated thinking.***

Anyway - the question.

Is it really ***all that difficult*** to get published by traditional means? In 2011? Or is all of the negativity just done to scare off potential competition?