The worst part of being a freelancer...a black freelancer...a black freelancer who knows what it was like in the "salad days"...is that I never know what the etiquette is for seeking out work. I always feel like I'm bothering people.

Gather round, younglings! There was a time when the books sold like hotcakes, and nobody wanted to be bothered with you because they had one guy to write several books and lots and lots of tasks involving those books that needed attention.