From SCBWI British Isles Members.
It’s the 20th anniversary of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
It’s the only largest organisation for published AND unpublished writers in the world and I’ve been part of it for years. Holding hands with fellow writers as we climb through the snowdrift of rejection letters to publication has kept many of us going.
So to celebrate 20 fabulous years this year, the utterly wonderful Candy Gourlay thought it would be cool to share some of those rejections – and boy were there a lot to choose from! Members donated them left, right and center and here they are to inspire you to keep going. Quite a lot of the donated rejections came from authors who are published now…but they shall remain anonymous, as indeed, will the agents and editors from whence they came…
P.S. No agents or editors were (C)harmed in the making of this video.
P.P.S. We love our agents and editors. Especially the ones who said YES!
P.P.P.S. And the ones that didn’t, they’re so often right…but not always…
Kathryn Evans 