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Novel, RIP

By The Daily Dish

Dec 9 2008, 4:31 AM ET

By Patrick Appel
Letting go can be tough:

After getting rejected by sixteen publishers, Bay Area author Mary Patrick Kavanaugh held a funeral for her rejected novel.  At the open coffin event, attendees viewed the failed manuscript, rejection letters, refinance papers, a useless MFA in creative writing, and the author’s much watched DVD of The Secret.



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