A Very Nice Rejection Letter by Chris Paling - ISBN: 9781472134882
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A writer’s wry, honest diary: battling joys for elusive print.

A Very Nice Rejection Letter

Diary of a Novelist

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    23 August 2022

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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 what is …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472134882
ISBN-10:1472134885
Author:Chris Paling
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:23 August 2022
Weight:189g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 24mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Splendidly entertaining

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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