davey<p>Another rejection of my current <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/book_proposal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book_proposal</span></a>: the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/agent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>agent</span></a> was fast, courteous, even friendly. Tomorrow I figure out whom I want to query next. </p><p>I was so fortunate to be solicited by the publisher for my first two <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a>, and for my magazine <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/columns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>columns</span></a>. (I&#39;ve always had to pitch <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>articles</span></a>, whether <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/feature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>feature</span></a> or <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/filler" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>filler</span></a>.) </p><p>Nowadays, I imagine only celebrities find <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publishers</span></a> come knocking.</p><p>All this just means more hard work up front. All right. This morning I got another fan letter: I helped him.</p>