Comments on: Inspiration for Aspiring Novelists http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:29:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-85703 Keir Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:36:57 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-85703 Also coincidentally, I've written a novel about an unpublished writer, too. Alas, it's still unpublished. Maybe we should get together and publish books about unpublished writers. Our audience? Unpublished writers, natch. Best of luck. I hope to hear about your book again. Also coincidentally, I’ve written a novel about an unpublished writer, too. Alas, it’s still unpublished.

Maybe we should get together and publish books about unpublished writers. Our audience? Unpublished writers, natch.

Best of luck. I hope to hear about your book again.

]]> By: Pete http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-85690 Pete Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:47:08 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-85690 By purest coincidence, it's about an unpublished writer. But the writer character is not, by any stretch of the imagination, based on myself - in fact, he's almost my diametric opposite. By purest coincidence, it’s about an unpublished writer. But the writer character is not, by any stretch of the imagination, based on myself - in fact, he’s almost my diametric opposite.

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-85659 Keir Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:23:58 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-85659 A number of people have remarked that 15 rejections isn't that unusual for a first novel, which is true enough. However, I'm guessing that not too many of the hard sells end up on shortlists. Good luck with your book, Pete! What's it about? A number of people have remarked that 15 rejections isn’t that unusual for a first novel, which is true enough. However, I’m guessing that not too many of the hard sells end up on shortlists. Good luck with your book, Pete! What’s it about?

]]> By: Pete http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-84923 Pete Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:38:32 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/11/21/inspiration-for-aspiring-novelists/#comment-84923 Nice. I'll thumbtack that article on the wall by my writing desk, right next to the large space I'm clearing for rejection letters for my first novel. Nice. I’ll thumbtack that article on the wall by my writing desk, right next to the large space I’m clearing for rejection letters for my first novel.

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