Temptation to be impatient.

So a good friend of mine, and former roommate from college days (the details of which shall remain undisclosed to protect both reputation and the letters lambda chi and alpha) came to Nashville to run the country music half marathon last weekend. While it was great to visit with him, our topic quickly turned to his publishing business. While his company is still young and developing my likelihood of getting published is far greater with my friend rather than some anonymous publisher off in New York. On the flip side the volume of publications he has is far less than random house, McGraw hill, or scholastic to name a few- so is it worth getting published to get published, or better to wait patiently on my agent? This is frustrating to say the least. It's been months since I heard back from my agent, and I am starting to wonder if my book proposal has made it's way to the surface of his sea of proposals....