Why It’s Important to Never, Ever Give Up: Authors Who Were Repeatedly Rejected

Jasper Fforde

Mr. Fforde received 76 rejection letters before finally seeing his first novel, The Eyre Affair, in print. The Eyre Affair is now considered a classic of the modern fantasy genre. Commenting on publishing humorously, Fforde said:

If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.”