“When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a story which will be marketed for children, because children understand what their parents have rejected and forgotten.” ChildrenIdeasEnoughStoriesParentForgottenRadicalUpsetRejectedGrappling Book:Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits.” Has BeensStoriesSongRejectionRejected Author:Cynthia Weil
“My novels are in the literature section as opposed to the romance section of bookstores because they're not romance novels. If I tried to have them published as romances, they'd be rejected. I write dramatic fiction; a further sub-genre would classify them as love stories.” IfsWritingStoriesRomanceLiteratureFictionNovelLove StoryGenreDramaticRejectedSectionsBookstoresRomance Novel Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. And I meditate, and one time when I was meditating, I started thinking, "Gee Gail, you love stories -- you read all the time. How come you never tell yourself a story?" While I should have been saying my mantra to myself, I started telling myself a story. It turned out to be an art appreciation book for kids with reproductions of famous artworks and pencil drawings that I did. I tried to get it published and was rejected wholesale.” ThinkingShouldYearsHas BeensArtBookStoriesKidsWantedPaintingShould HaveAppreciationDrawingLove StoryOne TimeRejectedPencilsShould Have BeenMantrasReproductionMeditatingArtworkWholesaleBooks For KidsDrawing And PaintingArt AppreciationGail Author:Gail Carson Levine