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I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

I had my share of rejections.

I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.

I got rejected from journalism school!

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publication was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.

My stories are never quite good enough.

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.

I tell stories. That's what I do. I've always told stories.

When I was a little kid, I told stories.