If you are a writer struggling to get that major book deal and become the next bestseller this one is for you.
When your out there plugging your work but publishers aren't beating down the door to sign you up don't despair, you are in good company.
Just keep at it. The writers mentioned above represent a diversity of styles, skills and characteristics but all share on e common trait - perseverance.
When your out there plugging your work but publishers aren't beating down the door to sign you up don't despair, you are in good company.
- George Orwell’s Animal Farm was rejected by Alfred Knopf saying it was “impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A.”
- Stephen King’s Carrie was rejected with the statement that the publisher was “not interested in science fiction which deals with negative utopias. They do not sell.”
- William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was rejected by an agent saying it was “an absurd and uninteresting fantasy which was rubbish and dull.”
- Frank L. Baum’s Wizard of Oz was rejected because it was “too radical of a departure from traditional juvenile literature.”
- William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream received this rejection, “September 29: The most insipid, ridiculous play that I ever saw in my life.”
- Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, was told that his comic would never succeed because of the popularity of Snoopy. “Too many animals, and cats don’t sell.”
- Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 received a rejection letter saying “I haven’t really the foggiest idea about what the man is trying to say.”
- Rudyard Kipling was told by an editor to stop submitting queries with the words, “I’m sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don’t know how to use the English language.”
Just keep at it. The writers mentioned above represent a diversity of styles, skills and characteristics but all share on e common trait - perseverance.
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