The Burgess story reminds me how, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 1962, Jacqueline Susann made a pact (with God): Give me another 10 years to become a bestselling author and I'll die in peace. She recovered then, and before she died in 1974 published three number one bestsellers, including Valley of the Dolls.
But will you hear back from agents and publishers before you die? The longest it took me to get one rejection was just over a year. It took so long that I wondered who on earth they were and what they were talking about. At least they replied, I suppose.
But will it work?
The Burgess story reminds me how, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 1962, Jacqueline Susann made a pact (with God): Give me another 10 years to become a bestselling author and I'll die in peace. She recovered then, and before she died in 1974 published three number one bestsellers, including Valley of the Dolls.
But will you hear back from agents and publishers before you die? The longest it took me to get one rejection was just over a year. It took so long that I wondered who on earth they were and what they were talking about. At least they replied, I suppose.