Addresses Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

If a publisher declines your manuscript, remember it is merely the decision of one fallible human being, and try another.

— Stanley Unwin

I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected all over…

— Debra Dean

I sent a lot of publishing ideas to my publisher, about 30 of them. Each time except 3, i got a "rejection letter". This…

— James Dashner

I pulled out the manuscript [from the envelope] and a great big stiff cardboard finger sprung up. This is someone that was so certain…

— Gardner Dozois

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This…

— Ring Lardner

The manuscript you submit [should not] contain any flaws that you can identify - it is up to the writer to do the work,…

— Richard North Patterson

A manuscript not submitted is a book not published.

— Dan Poynter

If you want to send a manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking permission. Launch it into the real…

— Steven Pressfield

“You’ve come about your manuscript? It’s with the reader; no, I’m getting that wrong, it’s been read, very interesting, of course, now I remember!…

— Italo Calvino

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

— John Scalzi

It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts…

— Patrick Rothfuss

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers.…

— Augusten Burroughs