My Start: Published Authors Share Their Breakthrough Moments
Real-life authors share their journeys from rejection letters to getting a book published. Read about their publishing successes, and the lessons they learned along the way. Wondering how to get your book published? Find inspiration and information at My Start.
Featured Authors
Pen Name: Daphne, New York City
My first break came in the form of a 350-word book review. I had left my entertaining job at a law enforcement agency with its small but steady salary, excellent cocktail party fodder, and dependable health benefits to...Write. I eased my way into this underpaid life by interning at The Paris Review. While reading through the slush pile there, I had the revelation that my short stories were like most of the ones I was reading - quite good, but not good enough. Read More.
Pen Name: mayarodale, New York City
My writing career began in my diary. Writing became a habit, thanks to regular journal entries. Using myself as a subject, I got practice recording my thoughts and feelings, describing events, scenes, secrets and wishes. In an incredibly rewarding class I took, “Writing For Autobiography,” I learned how to take that mass of emotion and actions and words and shape it into a coherent short story. It was in that class that the teacher said one of my stories was publishable—a first for me. “Hmm…” I thought. Read More.
