I Hate Martin Amis Et Al.
“They’re an elite club, of which I, also, am a proud member. I find it encouraging.
Watership Down was turned down by over twenty publishers. The L-Shaped Room was rejected time and time again, as was Lampedusa’s The Leopard. The Commitments was returned by so many people, Roddy Doyle eventually published the book himself – and it went on to become a best seller. Gone with the Wind was rejected eighteen times, as was – probably correctly in my opinion, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The Naked and ...the Dead, one of my favourite novels, was returned to its author by no fewer than twenty publishers. Stephen King’s first five novels were all rejected, including Carrie. George Orwell (Animal Farm), James Joyce (Dubliners), D.H. Lawrence, Patrick White and even the great man himself, Count Leo Tolstoy, were all rejected at some time in their lives. Agatha Christie’s first novel was rejected by about seven publishers. She was supposedly so demoralised that she almost gave up. And in one of the most unbelievable mistakes of the modern era, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was turned down by around twenty (that magic number again) publishers.MoreLess
Watership Down was turned down by over twenty publishers. The L-Shaped Room was rejected time and time again, as was Lampedusa’s The Leopard. The Commitments was returned by so many people, Roddy Doyle eventually published the book himself – and it went on to become a best seller. Gone with the Wind was rejected eighteen times, as was – probably correctly in my opinion, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The Naked and ...the Dead, one of my favourite novels, was returned to its author by no fewer than twenty publishers. Stephen King’s first five novels were all rejected, including Carrie. George Orwell (Animal Farm), James Joyce (Dubliners), D.H. Lawrence, Patrick White and even the great man himself, Count Leo Tolstoy, were all rejected at some time in their lives. Agatha Christie’s first novel was rejected by about seven publishers. She was supposedly so demoralised that she almost gave up. And in one of the most unbelievable mistakes of the modern era, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was turned down by around twenty (that magic number again) publishers.MoreLess
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