The Independent: “The frustrated efforts of Catherine O’Flynn, a former postwoman who tried and failed 15 times to get her work published, were finally rewarded yesterday when her first book was shortlisted for the £25,000 Costa Book Awards.”
Incidentally, Rupert Thomson made the shortlist too.
(via Keir Graff)
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15 times is pretty typical, really.
Only 15 times? Gee, what a heroic quest. I weep for the resilience that is not.
JeffV
My first novel was rejected more than 15 times before it was published–but then it didn’t get shortlisted for anything, either.