The editors of British lads' mags that I contacted either declined to be interviewed for this piece or didn't respond.
Asked about the snooping incident last week, editors of The Los Angeles Times declined to comment.
The editor at Redbook declined it and says he's very keen to get a modern story of yours, but this story is too crazy for him.
The editor in chief of the Chinese edition, Hao Fang, declined comment but said he planned to bring out next month's issue.
His colleagues remember that he proposed an article on a new rock group from Liverpool, England, but his editors declined the story about the Beatles.
(Through a spokesman, Mad's editors declined to comment for this story.)
The editor, fearing that this would reflect on his credit as a journalist, declined.
The editor, Jean-Paul Gagne, declined to disclose his source.
The editor, who like me has seen romance writers at a romance convention, declined to comment.
When my family and editors declined, my captors complained that I was "worthless."
