Surviving and Thriving - Reviews

• A Reason to Persevere!
• --Thanks to Charleen Scott!
• Dr. Suess's first book And To Think I Saw It All On Mulberry Street was rejected by twenty-seven different publishers before he found a twenty-eighth to publish it? And then it sold over six million copies.
• Thomas Carlyle loaned his only manuscript of The French Revolution to a friend, and the friend's servant burned it to start a fire, so Carlyle had to re-write the whole book!?
• The movie Star Wars was rejected by every movie studio in Hollywood before 20th Century Fox agreed to produce it? Now, it is one of the highest money-making movies ever.
• Jack London received 600 rejections before he sold his first story?
• Louis L'Amour received 350 rejections before publishing his first book? He went on to publish over 100 books that sold over 200 million copies. He also received a special Congressional gold medal for his contributions to the nation through his books.
• The famous American writer F. Scott Fizgerald papered the walls of a room in his home with rejection letters? He is the author of The Great Gatsby, a classic American novel.
• John Grisham's first book was rejected 45 times before he found a publisher? It went on to sell over 60 million copies.
• ---so put it back in a new envelope, stamp it, and send it out AGAIN!!
• Mary Rosenblum, Web Editor

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