gliabiologist

I'm new to this forum, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with, or suggestions for how to convince my former PI to submit my manuscript. I finished my MS thesis two years ago, and provided her with a completed manuscript, since then I have left the lab to pursue other endeavors, but always with the goal of going on to a PhD program. I feel I can't apply until my work is published, so it's really stalling my career. Every month I inquire about getting feedback on the paper, or to see if there is anything I can do and she blows me off with some excuse about competing priorities. More often than not, she doesn't even respond to my emails. Meanwhile, other labs are beginning to publish similar work in high impact journals, and I fear that eventually we will get completely scooped. I'm not sure what to do at this point. It seems she has complete disregard for my career and hard work, and is not even motivated to advance her own stature with a relatively high impact paper. It's been a bit of a nightmare. If anyone has any suggestions, or comments about how they dealt with a similar situation, I'd be very curious to hear. Thanks! And, have a great data day!