{"product_id":"very-nice-rejection-letter","title":"Very Nice Rejection Letter","description":"\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315337929086,"sku":"NW9781472134882","price":9.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472134882.jpg?v=1778715700","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/very-nice-rejection-letter","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}