Comments on: Persistence and Publishing http://helpingwriters.com/blog/august-11-2009 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Latham http://helpingwriters.com/blog/august-11-2009/comment-page-1#comment-8 Latham Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:19:18 +0000 http://helpingwriters.com/?p=1548#comment-8 Scott: I couldn’t agree with you more. Rejection can be a bear, but it’s a bear you have to find a way around. For a couple of years I tried to find a home for a novel I wrote. I received 295 written rejections from an assortment of agents, editors, and seasoned naysayers. (These are only the rejections I received in the mail. Who knows how many folks said no but didn’t bother to respond.) I continued with other writing projects and now ghostwrite memoirs full-time, likely earning more than I ever would from my novels. I’m fortunate in that I work at a job I love, transforming people’s adventures into marketable and compelling memoirs. Never give up sounds like a cliché, but, well, it works. Latham www.lathamshinder.com Scott:

I couldn’t agree with you more. Rejection can be a bear, but it’s a bear you have to find a way around. For a couple of years I tried to find a home for a novel I wrote. I received 295 written rejections from an assortment of agents, editors, and seasoned naysayers. (These are only the rejections I received in the mail. Who knows how many folks said no but didn’t bother to respond.)

I continued with other writing projects and now ghostwrite memoirs full-time, likely earning more than I ever would from my novels. I’m fortunate in that I work at a job I love, transforming people’s adventures into marketable and compelling memoirs.

Never give up sounds like a cliché, but, well, it works.

Latham
http://www.lathamshinder.com

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