Pride in Rejection
I've been reading a book on writing that includes stories of rejection from writers who later saw success. Stephen King, Andrew Sean Greer, myself. Reading them together, you'd think there was a contest on who was more brutally rejected. Fun reading. (Write That Book Already! by Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark)
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.”
—Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife
About Amy
As a child Amy Tan believed her life was duller than most. She read to escape. Her parents wanted her to be a doctor and a concert pianist. She secretly dreamed of becoming an artist. She began writing fiction when she was 33. Her first short story was...
Connections
Causes Amy Tan Supports
Self Help for the Elderly
Pets Unlimited
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Opera