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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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/12/novel-rip/207675/
