C.S. Lewis and Ray Bradbury submitted more than 800 manuscripts before they made a sale. Nabakov was told by one editor that Lolita should be "buried under a large stone." F. Scott Fitzgerald was told, "You'd have a decent book if you'd get rid of that Gatsby character." Dr. Seuss's first children's book was rejected by 23 publishers. The 24th sold 6 million copies. In 1902, the poetry editor of Atlantic Monthly rejected poems by a 28 year old who took a road less traveled (Robert Frost) and persevered.
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