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'No One Will Hire Me or Publish My Novel. What Should I Do Next?'

Let this low moment strengthen your commitment to what you love.

Heather Havrilesky
Feb 03, 2025
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Accueil (Welcome) (1958), Dorothea Tanning

Dear Polly,

About a year ago, I began querying a novel I had been working on for nearly ten years.

Meanwhile, about 10 months ago, I was laid off from my job. It was a fun job, a niche storytelling job in journalism I loved and was good at. I was, however, pretty burned out, and so I took my severance and unemploy…

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