{"product_id":"a-very-nice-rejection-letter-9781472134882","title":"A Very Nice Rejection Letter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Like all good diarists Paling''s musings are funny, tender and uncensored'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 April 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting income for the year so far: minus 300\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope drives all writers on.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''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 what is deemed a ''mid-list novelist''. \u003ci\u003ePublishing rule 6: there is no such thing as a ''low-list'' novelist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn renumeration terms, writing is a career that often ends in disappointment and despair, and occasionally disgrace. Paling artfully explores what compels him and so many others to write - the battling joys and agonies of when that compulsion beds itself in one''s psyche, and a day without writing is a day wasted. A fascinating insight \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored -- Jackie Annesley * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and revealing . . . everyone who is convinced they have a book in them should read [this book] -- Neil Armstrong * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Rejection \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter\u003c\/i\u003e is a completely authentic account of what it's like to be merely reasonably good -- Thomas W Hodgkinson * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eSplendidly entertaining * The Chap *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739384983895,"sku":"9781472134882","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472134882.jpg?v=1720052085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-very-nice-rejection-letter-9781472134882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}