Shannon Hale: laminated all her rejection letters into one long roll

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According to this bio, it took Shannon Hale 19 years and dozens of rejections to get her first book (The Goose Girl) published.

Looking at Shannon’s “Path To Publication” timeline on her website, though, it doesn’t look as if the 19 years included actual submission time. The Goose Girl, by the way, is one of my all-time favourite books.

Here’s an excerpt from her writing history page about The Goose Girl:

1999—Got idea for the goose girl. Wrote first 75 pages. Threw it all away.

2000—Writing 5 pag