{"product_id":"9781472134875-a-very-nice-rejection-letter","title":"A Very Nice Rejection Letter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiary of a Novelist\u003cbr\u003eThe confessions of a midlist writer - what nobody sets out to be, but the destination of most.\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 into the writing process, he tracks the need to write something new, or something old in a new way, something relevant, something that \u003ci\u003eneeds\u003c\/i\u003e to be written when very little actually does, in search of that ever-elusive goal of being 'in print'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns moving, wry and brutally honest, \u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Rejection Letter\u003c\/i\u003e unveils the rewarding yet soul-baring life of a novelist. At its heart is a love letter to the art of writing but this delightful book is also a profound reflection on the forces that drive us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451496870262,"sku":"9781472134875","price":5.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27173922.jpg?v=1760462757","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472134875-a-very-nice-rejection-letter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}