Jul 10 2008
Breaking obstacles before they triumphed
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”
– B.C. Forbes
John Grisham has been coined by the media as one of the best novel authors alive in the 21st century. However, his first manuscript, A Time to Kill was rejected by sixteen agents and twelve publishing houses before an unknown publisher agreed to publish it for a short run. Even then it only sold a disappointing 5,000 copies.