tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178357988504785712.post5970327446649600956..comments2023-06-21T11:43:35.222+01:00Comments on Learning To Read: Time Is Runing OutBen Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03308876297341347389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178357988504785712.post-42120071671771345732010-12-20T13:04:46.553+00:002010-12-20T13:04:46.553+00:00Ben,
my first novel came out 1 October 2010. It w...Ben,<br /><br />my first novel came out 1 October 2010. It was finished in 1995 but no publisher or agent wanted it. I'm closer to 50 years old than to 40.<br /><br />Henry Miller's first published novel, _Tropic of Cancer_, came out in 1934 when he was 42 (he'd be 43 by year's end).<br /><br />So, take heart. And persist, above all else. Markson said one of his books got, I believe, 50-something rejections before it came out.<br /><br />JBJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813604798802451639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178357988504785712.post-28650647914493874212010-12-19T14:12:29.395+00:002010-12-19T14:12:29.395+00:00While he's a painter not a novelist, I'd j...While he's a painter not a novelist, I'd just like to point out that Paul Cezanne didn't become and artist until very late in life. After his retirement, I believe. <br /><br />Then he became a major force in the art world, unequalled since.<br /><br />There's still hope for us all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.com