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How Do You Write a Book?
Dr. Burns' first book was called mood therapy, which is kind of a boring name. His agent in New York gave it to about six publishers and they totally ignored it. So he told Dr. Burns that if you don't hear from them within 10 days, you'll withdraw the manuscript. And so just on impulse, I called one of the publishers,. Just random I had these six phone numbers, they were major publishers. They wouldn't even send me a rejection letter. The secretary didn't have time to finish it before she went home tonight. Hardly ever, in fact, never tell someone why you decided to reject an article or anything like that. That's starting point.