tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post2607297677127971262..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Surprise, SurpriseWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-61985439067204239302008-05-09T22:07:00.000-04:002008-05-09T22:07:00.000-04:00I have to say it wasn't my favorite opening paragr...I have to say it wasn't my favorite opening paragraph, but maybe the rest is brilliant.Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-26110089820030332632008-05-09T09:07:00.000-04:002008-05-09T09:07:00.000-04:00The downloadable story starts with some overwritte...The downloadable story starts with some overwritten passages about waves, then moves on to counting sheep. This is a finalist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-55804300469765751132008-05-08T15:10:00.000-04:002008-05-08T15:10:00.000-04:00Seems that James Waddington created Ogo Press hims...Seems that James Waddington created Ogo Press himself too, so that's another self-published book in the Frank O'Connor longlist.<BR/><BR/>http://www.ogopress.co.uk/<BR/>http://www.examiner.co.uk/leisure-and-entertainment/arts-news/2007/11/26/james-is-a-man-of-many-words-and-writing-styles-86081-20162424/peterchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17066740929095916525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-60427809832632808562008-05-08T10:58:00.000-04:002008-05-08T10:58:00.000-04:00Here's from an interview with Roddy. Thought you m...Here's from an interview with Roddy. Thought you might find it interesting...<BR/><BR/>You self-published The Commitments. Did you try to get that published? <BR/><BR/>No. I had written a novel earlier [Your Granny Was a Hunger Striker] and now I know, with hindsight, it was absolutely dreadful, but I sent it off to a lot of publishers and what struck me was--not that it wasn't accepted--but that it wasn't opened. Myself and a friend of mine, John Sutton, to whom The Van is dedicated, did a bit of investigating and found out the prices [to self-publish]. It wasn't extraordinarily expensive. I didn't have an agent. Agents didn't want to know one unless one was published. Publishers didn't want to know one unless one had an agent.<BR/><BR/>Here's the interview: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-56184292.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-50343638317593013712008-05-07T22:16:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:16:00.000-04:00True story. I've seen it in a couple of places, bu...True story. I've seen it in a couple of places, but go here: http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,-60,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-57121086419021961272008-05-07T21:44:00.000-04:002008-05-07T21:44:00.000-04:00Did not know that.Did not know that.Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-87695402765476819592008-05-07T21:32:00.000-04:002008-05-07T21:32:00.000-04:00Good for her! I just looked it up and I'm getting ...Good for her! I just looked it up and I'm getting a copy on principle, if for no other reason (though I'm not that fond of the snake, I have to say). In there with the likes of Roddy Doyle, Miranda July, and Murakami - ain't that somethin'? as Bob Dylan said. Well, Roddy Doyle first self-published his Commitments - didja know that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com