Famous Writers Get Rejected Too

I'll be updating this page with new famous rejections as I discover them.  If you have one to share, please drop me an e-mail here.  We can all use it.

Famous Writers' Rejections:

John Le Carre, a hilarious prediction

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, arguably one of the most poetic novels ever written, called "overwhelmingly nauseating."  Keep that one in mind the next time you get a polite form letter.

Great articles on rejection:

Richard Dooling - gives examples of famous writers' rejections, like Elie Weisel's Night, which has sold 10 million copies, being rejected by fifteen publishers.

Or this one on Right-Writing.  Alex Haley wrote every day for 8 years before getting published.  Wow, that's more dedication than I have.  Or, frankly, hope to need.

 

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Winston Churchill.