by Hollye Dexter | Aug 24, 2011 | Controversy The Help, Kathryn Stockett, racism, South, The Help, writing
The Help was one of those books I literally couldn’t put down (and it’s been a long time since I felt that way about a book). Then I saw the movie, and was so moved by it. So I am saddened to see such heated controversy surrounding it. In the book, Stockett...
by Hollye Dexter | Aug 8, 2011 | how to get published, Kathryn Stockett, persistence, The Help, writers and rejection, writing, writing rejection
I recently read an interview with Kathryn Stockett, author of the New York Times #1 bestselling novel The Help, which is now being made into a film. She said her book was initially rejected by 60 agents and publishers. 60!4 agents rejected my first book, and I went...