What’s the MG GN market like for author-only submissions right now? Is it still saturated, and editors aren’t really buying them? If still saturated, are there circumstances (previous GN sales, previous prose book sales, etc), where you’d be like, “you know what, I feel good about this one, let’s try it”?

It's kind of a combo situation: there's just a lot in the pipeline already, and publishers have come to some realizations about the reality of publishing GN. Like, the reality is, making a GN takes a LOT LONGER than people tend to expect. Beyond the writing of the script, the editing, and all that stuff, the publisher has to FIND AN ILLUSTRATOR. Which can take a while, because many talented GN…