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Rejection Made Two Big Authors Stronger

May 17, 2016 by diannejacob 5 Comments

How did two prolific food writers start their book writing careers? By enduring rejection and persevering anyway.

Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, authors of several books, and best known for The Flavor Bible, shared some of their early rejection letters for their book first book, Becoming a Chef.

Here’s what rejection looked like from cookbook editors:

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Filed Under: Career, Cookbooks, Proposals Tagged With: Andrew Dornenburg, facing rejection, Karen Page, The Flavor Bible, writing book proposals

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