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Rejections

More Madeleine L’Engle Inspiration

by Inkygirl on July 5, 2009

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C.S. Lewis was rejected 800 times before his first sale

by Inkygirl on June 30, 2009

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John Kennedy Toole: told his novel “isn’t really about anything,” wins Pulitzer

by Inkygirl on June 30, 2009

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Ray Bradbury: 800 rejections before first story sale

by Inkygirl on June 23, 2009

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Publisher note about John le Carré: “He hasn’t got any future” — real quote or not?

by Inkygirl on June 22, 2009

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Yasmine Galenorn: 600 rejections before her first book contract

by Inkygirl on June 19, 2009

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James Patterson: first novel rejected 26 times

by Inkygirl on June 19, 2009

in Rejections, Writing Habits

Ursula K. Le Guin was told that “The Left Hand Of Darkness” was “unreadable”

by Inkygirl on June 18, 2009

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William Golding’s “Lord Of The Flies” rejected 20 times

by Inkygirl on June 18, 2009

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The Scream (of writer rejection)

by Inkygirl on June 17, 2009

in Comics for writers, Rejections

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