I recently received a letter asking how to go about getting published. Many people believe (as I once did) that therewas some magic formula out there that got you published. Whether through connections or seminars or by the osmosis process of actually being near published authors, I believed--like many others--that there was some secret, some hidden door that, once found, would win me the coveted role as a published author. During my entire time as a writer and literary publicist, I have almost always come into contact with someone who, after finding...