“It is one of the weird quirks of literature that people who don’t necessarily have the skills to write epic masterpieces themselves are put in charge of deciding what gets published and what gets canned. No doubt they have a difficult job and they correctly weed out much material that does not need to be inflicted on the public. And yet, from time to time, editors make some of the absolute worst decisions that future generations look back on and say, ‘What on earth were they thinking?’ Persistence paid off for the authors of these 40 manuscripts who refused to take no for an answer and were rewarded in the end.” w/ photos
