A Very Nice Rejection Letter
Diary of a Novelist
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2021
Summary
‘Like all good diarists Paling’s musings are funny, tender and uncensored’ Sunday Times
6 April 2007
Writing income for the year so far: minus 300
‘I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope drives all writers on.’
It’s unlikely that you’ll know Chris Paling’s face or have heard his name. This is his diary of trying to make a living as a writer, through the typical career trajectory of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472134875 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472134877 |
| Author: | Chris Paling |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 138mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Like all good diarists Paling’s musings are funny, tender and uncensored
Like all good diarists Paling’s musings are funny, tender and uncensored – Jackie Annesley * Sunday Times *
Funny and revealing … everyone who is convinced they have a book in them should read [this book] – Neil Armstrong * Mail on Sunday *
A Very Nice Rejection Letter is a completely authentic account of what it’s like to be merely reasonably good – Thomas W Hodgkinson * Literary Review *
Splendidly entertaining * The Chap *
About The Author
Chris Paling
Chris Paling is the UK and Commonwealth’s 1001st Most Important Novelist (Living). For the past 35 years he has been trying (and failing) to make a living as a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and, most recently, a painter. He has authored nine novels, one work of nonfiction, one stage play and numerous short stories alongside a parallel life working full-time as a radio producer at the BBC.
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