Although it seems a real madness, the truth is that JK Rowling has been rejected by publishers following the success of Harry Potter. The famous writer has published by Twitter the rejection letters that various editors sent to the writer for the work The Cuckoo's Calling, a work published under the pseudonym Robert galbraith. You can even see how in a letter, the editor takes the liberty of recommending that Rowling take a writing course and then dedicate herself to writing.
Something that borders on the surreal. JK Rowling wanted to use these letters to teach young writers not to give up before the letters of the publishers and that they try again and again. His intention is clear and there has been no ulterior motive for revenge, therefore in letters that have been published do not show the publisher or publisher who has rejected Galbraith's work and with it a work that in 2013 became a bestseller.
Rowling shows her letters to encourage young writers
Along with Galbraith, other more famous authors and works were rejected by the most important publishers of the time, as an example the Ulysses of James Joyce, Chocolat o La Granja by George Orwell. The truth is that it is not surprising that a publisher rejects a work that later becomes a great sales success, but This must be the first time editors have turned down famous female writers as was Rowling after Harry Potter. But my most important question is How did Rowling take her work to publishers when she could have edited it herself with the money she had earned? Has he really not gotten the money that is often said? Or is it that the work was really bad at the beginning? What do you think?