Failing Hard or Hardly Failing
Authors share rejection stories
The internet bonded over mutual reject when the hashtag #ShareYourRejection was trending recently. The power of overcoming resounded and inspired, so we just had to share a few of our favorites.
Melissa Broder (The Pisces, So Sad Today) may be doing better today with over 694k followers that totally get it.
We loved hosting her for bestseller The Pisces, too.
Roxane Gay shared an amazing thread was hard to believe!
Roxane Gay Signing hundreds of copies of her books (Not That Bad, Difficult Women) at Strand in June 2018. The signed editions sold out in a week.
Author Pixie Casey felt rejection early on.
Saeed Jones (Prelude to Bruise) showed that everyone loves a good memoir.
Jeff VanderMeer was rejected by 99 publications.
Jeff joined Strand for an enlightening interview of Facebook live while signing copies of his trilogy, The Southern Reach back in April. The first book of the series, Annihilation, was adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and was a box office success in February 2018.
Zoraida Córdova (Labyrinth Lost) shows how publishing is taking steps to be more inclusive.
E. Lockhart (Genuine Fraud) feels the burn even after dozens of successes.
Victor LaValle (The Changeling) continues to persist!
Don’t let the critics get you down, and never stop honing your craft. If your goal is to write from personal experience, join humor and memoir writer Nancy Kelton as she leads a class on writing on August 22nd.
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