rejections

Most writers, I’m sure, have had their share of form-letter rejections from agents and publishers. However, every once in a while, I get something encouraging. This handwritten note from a publisher for instance:
Dear Mr. Liter:

Thank you for your submission of AUGUST IS MURDER. It is lively and well done, and I wish I could offer to consider it. But I’m afraid the publishing situation is so dreadful that we have had to cut our mystery list -- and indeed our fiction acquisitions -- to the bone. Review media have tightened and superstore returns been ruinous. I do hope you can place this. Good luck.
The novel has been published by Renaissance E Books but, as always with my novels, I keep seeking a print publisher.
Anyway, it was nice to get the note rather than a form letter. Incidentally, I’ve started a blog at my webb site. Seems to be a way to promote the blogger’s writing.