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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:54:57 +0800
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Dear Friends,
'Uukkamadhu kaividEl'.
Here is what Melvin Durai writes about Manil Suri's
climb to becoming a best seller from a reject.
There is a writer in everyone of you.
Regards
JayBee
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Rejections can Lead to Major Success
By Melvin Durai
Did you hear the story of the University of Maryland mathematics professor
who tried to write fiction? Poor guy. He was rejected more than 50 times.
He should have stuck to solving complex equations, leaving the business of
making up stories to authors, playwrights and presidential candidates.
For more than a decade, Manil Suri's attempts at writing produced only one
minor credit, a short story published in a Bulgarian-language journal whose
editors somehow mistook him for a writer. The Indian native couldn't get a
single short story published in English, yet he had the nerve to embark on
a novel. What was he thinking? Or, more precisely, what was he drinking?
Surely he must have realized, after so many rejections, that bookstores
wouldn't want to give up valuable space for his writing, not even on their
bathroom walls. Surely he must have realized, after so many rejections,
that he'd have better luck trying to explain his complex equations to
George W. Bush.
Suri: "Mr. President, I've come to the White House to explain the numerical
analysis of partial differential equations."
Bush: "The numerical what of what? Who sent you here? The Democrats? Those
left-wing nuts are peeved at me for pushing a tax cut."
Suri: "No, Mr. President, it wasn't the Democrats. I'm just trying to see
if this is easier than writing a book."
Bush: "You're thinking of writing a book? We have something in common. I'm
thinking of reading a book. My wife, Laura, knows a lot about books. She
was once a librian. I mean, liberian."
Suri: "From Liberia?"
Bush: "No, silly. From Midland, Texas. She used to work in the lie-bury.
You know, that place where people lie buried in books. She once brought a
book home for me. It was long. Took me 10 years, but I finally got through
the first chapter. I still don’t know what happened to Hansel and Gretel."
Suri: "They moved to Liberia."
Bush: "Oh no, they became Liberals."
It's a good thing Suri persisted in writing his novel "The Death of
Vishnu," for it eventually created a bidding war among publishers, earning
him an advance of $350,000 and allowing him to immediately show support for
Bush's tax cut.
Yes, the aspiring writer who endured years of rejection is now happily
ascending the bestseller list, using his advanced math skills to
extrapolate his royalty checks. For his next book, he'll be the one doing
the rejecting.
"An advance of only $500,000? Sorry, that's way too little. My last book
was translated into 42 languages and sold out within a day in Bulgaria.
Simon & Schuster has offered me a cool million, as well as a Porsche,
yacht, and Sony PlayStation 2."
As Suri knows, rejection may sting a little, but it's better than not
trying. That's why I've always tried hard to get rejected. I've been
rejected so many times, I should be in the Guinness Book of World Rejects.
I've been rejected by women, employers, editors, women, banks, credit card
companies, women, newspaper syndicates, colleges, and did I mention women?
Despite all that rejection, I'm following in Manil Suri's footsteps and
trying desperately to get published in Bulgaria. From him and others, I've
figured out something important: Learning to handle rejection is a vital
ingredient of success.
Melvin Durai is an Indiana-based writer and humorist. A native of India,
he grew up in Zambia and moved to the U.S. in the early 1980s. For a free
subscription to his columns, send a blank message to
durai-humor-on@... or go to http://www.melvindurai.com.
For more information on Manil Suri and his book, go to
http://www.manilsuri.com.
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