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No Equal in Mastery
on Nov 5, 2009 in famous In Louis Zukofsky's long, musical poem "A," which he started in 1927 and wrote until his death, there is this amusing passage, which is allegedly from a Chinese book rejection: He was pretty much unknown for most of his writing life, and had a nice...
Don't Go Getting Clever On Us Now
on Nov 4, 2009 in misguided I am told this is a real rejection form letter sent out by an American publisher. Anyone know anything about it?
Just Do It!
on Nov 3, 2009 in famous "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." --Mahatma Gandhi...
My Next Novel
on Nov 2, 2009 in rejection confession Inspired by reading the New York Times Book Review yesterday, I've decided that my next novel is going to be about a vampire child growing up in war-torn Iraq. (Seriously, does every book have to have a vampire in it? What's the cultural obsess...
Rejection Fire
on Nov 2, 2009 in rejection advice famous The print version of EW has a story about Kathryn Stockett, best-selling author of debut novel The Help. Here's a highlight to brighten up your day: "Nearly 60 agents turned down Kathryn Stockett's debut novel before publisher Amy Einhorn pick...
In Case You Didn't Know
on Oct 30, 2009 in earnest Janet Reid is cluing in the clueless over at her blog. Here's a highlight answering why editors write nice rejections: Publishers are not stupid. They are large companies with products to sell to consumers and the...