Rejection - how wrong can they be? :)

[Paul R]

Poor Bono. Poor RSO- rejecting U2 like that!

 

 

The original is on Mentalfloss.com. There are several other "rejections" there that are interesting - some border on the hilarious!

[new_media]

Hopefully this is OK to post here.

 

Should probably just leave it as a link and say don't click if you are easily offended by naughty language.

 

http://i2.wp.com/ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/Venom-Rejection-Letter.jpg

[Paul R]

Hopefully this is OK to post here.

 

Should probably just leave it as a link and say don't click if you are easily offended by naughty language.

 

http://i2.wp.com/ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/Venom-Rejection-Letter.jpg

 

LOL! That was before the era of personal computers, and was, for the time, very clever. Also rude, but clever...

-Paul

[wgscott]

#10 = best

[Audio_ELF]

I think every successful author / artist has a number of rejection letters...

 

Amusing but in no way unique!

[mav52]

Interesting 30 more rejection letters 30 famous authors whose works were rejected (repeatedly, and sometimes rudely) by publishers - National Book | Examiner.com

 

#6 J.K. Rowling

 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (later Sorceror’s) Stone was rejected by a dozen publishers, including biggies like Penguin and HarperCollins. Bloomsbury, a small London publisher, only took it on at the behest of the CEO’s eight-year old daughter, who begged her father to print the book. God bless you, sweetheart.

 

#10 Lord of the Flies was rejected by publishers 20 times? John le Carré was referred to as a writer with no future?

 

Margaret Mitchell

 

Ms. Mitchell's 'Gone With the Wind' was rejected 38 times before finally finding a publisher.

 

Irving Stone

 

Mr. Stone’s Lust for Life was rejected 16 times, once with this helpful synopsis:

 

A long, dull novel about an artist.

 

The book went on to sell over 25 million copies