If You Don't Write FictionR. M. McBride, 1920 - 85 lappuses |
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11. lappuse
... rejection basket on general principles , if you are foolish enough to get away to such a poor start . What an ignominious end to your literary adventure is this - and all be- cause you were careless , or didn't know any better ! The ...
... rejection basket on general principles , if you are foolish enough to get away to such a poor start . What an ignominious end to your literary adventure is this - and all be- cause you were careless , or didn't know any better ! The ...
26. lappuse
... rejection slips will believe me when I declare that the demand for worth - while articles always exceeds the supply in American magazine markets . None the less it is true , as every editor knows to his constant sorrow . The appetite of ...
... rejection slips will believe me when I declare that the demand for worth - while articles always exceeds the supply in American magazine markets . None the less it is true , as every editor knows to his constant sorrow . The appetite of ...
27. lappuse
... rejection slips , fill up a trunk with returned manu- scripts and pose before their sympathetic friends as martyrs . Many of these defeated writers have nose- sense for what is of national interest . They write well , and they take the ...
... rejection slips , fill up a trunk with returned manu- scripts and pose before their sympathetic friends as martyrs . Many of these defeated writers have nose- sense for what is of national interest . They write well , and they take the ...
29. lappuse
... rejection slip- " rejection im- plies no lack of merit " -is simply a piece of sarcasm . It is nothing of the sort . In tens of thousands of instances it is a solemn fact . Don't sulk and berate the editors who return your manuscript ...
... rejection slip- " rejection im- plies no lack of merit " -is simply a piece of sarcasm . It is nothing of the sort . In tens of thousands of instances it is a solemn fact . Don't sulk and berate the editors who return your manuscript ...
74. lappuse
... rejection slip because it " eliminates so many quitters . " But of course it would be absurd to believe that any one with unlimited courage and elbow grease could win at fiction , lacking all aptitude for it . Just as there are ...
... rejection slip because it " eliminates so many quitters . " But of course it would be absurd to believe that any one with unlimited courage and elbow grease could win at fiction , lacking all aptitude for it . Just as there are ...
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