Most people would have quit after 2-4 brutal rejections. What a great story. ‘’Know When To Be Patient Like Patterson But success in fiction didn't happen overnight. Thirty one publishers rejected his first published novel, "The Thomas Berryman Number." He was, he says, not discouraged. He quotes fellow author John Updike, who said: "The willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists." "The rejections came pretty quickly. They came in clusters. Several (editors) said send me your next book," Patterson said. "It's not like they were saying, 'you're wasting your time.'" https://lnkd.in/gp5XyW5x